Starts out as a somewhat weary farce of infidelity, but turns into something a lot more gratifying, namely a comedy of mercy.

There is really nothing wrong with Peter Chelsom's Town & Country that younger stars would not have solved.

There are several stretches when the movie is actually hilarious.

What it does offer, however, are the pleasures of watching its seasoned stars expertly go through their familiar paces.

Where Town and Country gets really good and weird – and I do mean good – is only after about an hour into it in deepest, darkest Idaho.

It may be a haphazard mess, but it's actually pretty funny.

Nowhere near as bad as distributor New Line seems to think.

Not unlike "Eyes Wide Shut," this is an eerily earnest contemplation of fidelity, and it's pitched as farce.

The humor here is overcooked to the point of limpness.

Has the air of a film and actor (Beatty)reaching clumsily for a golden past that's gone.

The movie's not bad enough to be world-ending, merely clumsy.

Sets up a cast -- and then proceeds to knock them down like ducks in a shooting gallery.

A lot of talent on both sides of the camera operating in low gear.

This should have been Beatty's "Wonder Boys," but the filmmakers don't seem to realize they've sent their hero on a sexual adventure that neither his heart nor his dick needs to take.