''Lovers and Liars'' (''Viaggio con Anita'') is a 1979 Italian

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directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Goldie Hawn and Giancarlo Giannini. It is Hawn's only foreign film. It was released in the

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in February 1981.

Plot

Anita (Hawn) is an American actress who decides to vacation in

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. There, she becomes involved in a romance with her friend's married lover Guido (Giannini).

Cast

* Goldie Hawn as Anita * Giancarlo Giannini as Guido Massacesi * Claudine Auger as Elisa Massacesi * Aurore Clément as Cora * Laura Betti as Laura * Andréa Ferréol as Noemi * Renzo Montagnani as Teo * Franca Tamantini as Oriana Massacesi * Gino Santercole as Tonino, the truck driver * Lorraine de Selle as Gennifer

Critical reception

In his review of the film in ''

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'', Herbert Mitgang wrote that "the love scenes, which more or less is what this crazy, mixed up plot aims to be leading up to, lack any redeeming social value," that the writers "seem to have made up this script as they went along," that "there are inexplicable sudden cuts, as the plot wavers between the absurd and the serious," and that the film "doesn't really deserve its R rating, unless the phrase is added, ''For immature adults only.''" Film critic

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reported that "this film is full of stupid slapstick and badly done dubbing," and that it was "a total waste of time." On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, no critics' reviews are registered, although 13% of over 500 audience members gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 2.5 out of 5. Audiences polled by

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gave the film an average grade of "D+" on an A+ to F scale.

References

External links

* 1979 films 1970s Italian-language films Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films directed by Mario Monicelli 1970s comedy road movies Films produced by Alberto Grimaldi Italian comedy road movies 1979 comedy films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub