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Housesitter (1992)

Housesitter poster
Directed by
Frank Oz
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 472 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman pretends to be the wife of a reserved architect. She moves into his house and slowly wins over his family and friends.

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What happens

Housesitter is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz, written by Mark Stein, and starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. The premise involves a woman with con-artist tendencies who worms her way into the life of a reserved architect by claiming to be his wife. Housesitter was released by Universal Pictures on June 12, 1992. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and grossed $94.9 million against a $26 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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