Best Friends (1982)

Two Hollywood screenwriters (Burt Reynolds, Goldie Hawn) have been in a romantic relationship for five years but are unmarried. When he presses the marriage issue, she reluctantly agrees to get married. For their honeymoon, they will travel by train back East to meet their respective in laws. Directed by Norman Jewison (MOONSTRUCK), this is Neil Simon territory but without Simon's sharp rhetoric. This leaves the two stars floundering to bring some depth to their lines. There's a sweetness to the movie but that's because of the two leads. A film likes this needs charismatic stars like Reynolds and Hawn who we can latch onto precisely because the thin material doesn't have enough meat to flesh out characters. So we're left to bask in the glow of Hawn and Reynolds, not their characters. If that's enough for you, there's every chance you might enjoy this. The score by Michel Legrand features one of the all time great movie love songs, the Oscar nominated How Do You Keep Music Playing. With Jessica Tandy, Keenan Wynn, Ron Silver, Barnard Hughes and Audra Lindley.