Housesitter Page #4

Synopsis: Davis builds his dream house and presents it to Becky with a proposal of marriage. She turns him down. He leaves the house, still with a ribbon running around it and returns to the city, terribly smitten with Becky. He meets Gwen who has an interesting relationship with the truth. He spends the night with her, but leaves while she is sleeping. She takes his description of the house, searches it out, and moves in. The residents of Davis' home town become curious and she invents a marriage, a courtship, and and an entire history. Davis' parents meet Gwen and are immediately taken with her. By the time Davis finds out what has happened, 2 things have happened, the whole town thinks he's married, and Becky tells him that Gwen has made her see him in a whole new light. Gwen and Davis agree that she can pretend to be his wife and get free rent while Davis works on Becky until they can announce a divorce. The trouble is that no one in the town wants them to separate and keep trying to help th
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Frank Oz
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
37%
PG
Year:
1992
102 min
875 Views


Starting to. Just getting groceries,

housewares, pots and pans.

- The hardware store is over there.

- Oh.

- Come on, I'll introduce you.

- Thanks.

Aren't you nice?

I don't have the cash

for all this.

Oh, don't be silly.

On your account.

- Harv, grab a... Harv?

- Huh?

Grab a percolator

off the shelf.

Now, you bring Davis around so we can

congratulate him, that sly boots.

- Well, I've gotta run.

- Okay.

Maybe I'll call you

for dinner sometime?

Great!

Seems like the marriage

is off to a good start.

Yeah, so far

it's been ideal,

kind of like I died

and went to heaven.

Oh, hi!

Great chair!

- You work here?

- Yes, ma'am.

I love it. You could practically

live in this chair, you know?

I don't see how.

- How much?

- It's twenty dollars.

How 'bout I give you

fifteen?

Well, no,

it's twenty dollars.

I'll tell you what.

I'll give you seventeen cash.

We only take cash.

- Do you deliver?

- Free of charge.

All right, you've got a deal.

Do you think you could

have it delivered by tonight?

What was that address again?

- 611 Hillside,

that house Newton Davis built.

- That house is vacant.

- Well, we're moving back.

I'm Gwen.

I'm his wife.

Mine's George.

I'm his father.

All I can say, sir,

is that I apologize.

Frankly, I was the one who,

after your son just...

swept me off my feet,

decided that maybe it would

be best if we waited...

and see if the marriage was gonna work

before we told our families about it.

Of course, Newton said,

"Oh, you're just way too levelheaded.

You should be

more impulsive."

Maybe he's right,

I don't know.

But I just wanna say

that you guys raised...

the most caring,

sharing man.

Thank you.

Uh, Edna, any comments?

Why,

I don't believe it.

- You don't?

- I just don't believe it.

- Which part?

- Tha... tha... that he could be so...

insensitive,

so irresponsible!

Because it's just like him, Edna.

The boy hasn't changed a bit.

What does he think

marriage is?

And this question goes for

you, too, young woman.

What do

young people today...

think marriage...

is?

You don't mean like

write an essay?

It's because of our

little dispute, isn't it?

Is that why he kept this marriage a secret?

Yes, it is.

But he feels really badly

about all this, Mr. Davis.

Why, you'd never know it

to talk to him.

Perhaps because you

don't talk to him, George.

- He's the one who never calls or visits.

- George!

- You babied the boy, Edna.

- Mr. And Mrs. Davis,

Newton is really sorry

about, um, you know.

And, uh, he just

talks about it all the time.

In fact, he talked about it

the other night and he cried.

- You hear that, George?

- I'm right here, Edna.

My boy cried.

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