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She also directed the amusing update of Disney’s The Parent Trap and co-wrote Private Benjamin, Father of the Bride, and Baby Boom.
As a writer, Nancy Meyers has specialized in taking dusty, dog-eared concepts and refashioning them into bright, contemporary comedies ("Private Benjamin," "Baby Boom, "Father of the Bride").
No relation to the wacky 1973 James Caan-Peter Boyle-Sally Kellerman laugher of the same title, "Slither" is an uproarious hybrid horror-comedy about a small town visited by a rapidly evolving, unearthly organism that gives new meaning to the phrase "divide and conquer."
I also enjoyed pointing out the nostalgic early 1980s details (Paul's Six Million Dollar Man lunchbox, "Private Benjamin" showing at the cinema, etc.).
Likewise, only James Gray would render that self-portrait into such a powerful story of post-war assimilation that a family outing to see “Private Benjamin” might resonate with the same cosmic scale as a trip to Neptune.
But like Goldie Hawn in “Private Benjamin,” the army he signed up for isn’t the army he gets.
After a 15-year absence from the movies, Goldie Hawn returns in an almost ceremonial capacity in Snatched, passing the baton of up-for-anything comedy to Amy Schumer, who shares with her a willingness to drive into a muck, Private Benjamin style.
The mom is Goldie Hawn, 71, who made a career out of playing ditzes with hidden reserves of pluck (“Foul Play,” “Private Benjamin”), while the daughter is Amy Schumer, 35, whose chosen persona is the big-city girl with hidden depths of insecurity (“Trainwreck”).
"Snatched" is an auspicious return to the cinema for Hawn, a one-time America's-sweetheart type with an Oscar nomination (for 1980's "Private Benjamin"), who hasn't made a movie in 15 years.
It snatches a still-adorable Goldie Hawn, 71, from the jaws of retirement after a 15-year movie drought — reminding us why we cooed over this bubbly funny lady in Private Benjamin, Overboard and The First Wives Club.
Or it could have been The Dream Team, since DiCaprio’s mind-invading hit squad is literally that, including a bankrolling Japanese businessman (Ken Watanabe), a dashing young lieutenant (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a deep-sleep drug expert (Dileep Rao) and, of course, a pretty girl (Ellen Page).
The girl is crazy good in this – Goldie Hawn in ”Private Benjamin” good, Gilda Radner in good, Shelley Long in ”Cheers” good!
Edge of Tomorrow is Full Metal Jacket taking two War of the Worlds and waking up inside a version of Groundhog Day that’s been held hostage by Private Benjamin.
Edge of Tomorrow is Full Metal Jacket taking two War of the Worlds and waking up inside a version of Groundhog Day that’s been held hostage by Private Benjamin.
As co-writer of "Father of the Bride," "Baby Boom," "Irreconcilable Differences," and "Private Benjamin," and later as writer-director of "The Parent Trap" and "What Women Want" and director of "Something's Gotta Give," Meyers has carved out a niche for herself.
"Private Benjamin," "Baby Boom," "Father of the Bride," "What Women Want," "Something's Gotta Give" -- they're the commercial equivalent of a pseudo-feminist spa day.
Writer-director Nancy Meyers has had a long and productive Hollywood career making comedies just like this, ranging from “Private Benjamin” to “Sister Act” to “Something’s Gotta Give.”
She started in 1980 with the screenplay for the Goldie Hawn hit, Private Benjamin, and moved into directing in 1998 with The Parent Trap .
A longtime exception to the man's-world rule is filmmaker Nancy Meyers, who wrote and produced such woman-centered films as "Private Benjamin" (1980, with Goldie Hawn) and "Baby Boom" (1987, with Diane Keaton) before affirming her auteur status by becoming a director in 1998 with the remake of "The Parent Trap," starring a pre-delinquency Lindsay Lohan.
With a lot of the movies she’s written (Private Benjamin, Baby Boom) or writes and directs, she’s thinking about the cost of having a career.
The Parent Trap has been refashioned by director Nancy Meyers and her producing partner, Charles Shyer, the Private Benjamin team who brought a high gloss to the 1991 Father of the Bride.