In continuing to review film performances-in chronological order-of "SNL"ers, I'm once again at 1980 with this, this second teaming of Goldie Hawn with that show's first star, Chevy Chase, after previously starring in Foul Play together. This time they're exes with Ms. Hawn a lawyer who defends the downtrodden and Chase a writer who goes to her after being forced to rob a bank. Charles Grodin is Goldie's current hubby who's running for attorney general. Neil Simon wrote this original screenplay as a tribute to the screwball comedies from the '30s and there's plenty of funny zingers courtesy of those three as well as various supporting turns by the likes of Robert Guillaume and Harold Gould as a judge. Oh, and there's lots of dogs to add to the fun. The director is Jay Sandrich who previously helmed such classic sitcoms like "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Soap" of which Guillaume and Gould are veterans of. I'll just now say this was another very funny teaming of Ms. Hawn and Chase and so on that note, I highly recommend Seems Like Old Times.

Some very funny lines in this cute but wobbly screwball comedy from writer Neil Simon, reuniting "Foul Play" stars Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase as ex-marrieds thrown together again after Chase is forced to rob a bank and seeks refuge with Hawn, who has a new husband. The film is overrun with noise: barking dogs, disco music, and broad characters such as a howling maid and an inept valet. One scene (with Chevy hiding underneath a bed and Charles Grodin stepping on his finger) had the movie audience rolling in the aisles, but that sequence looks pretty desperate when seen on TV (it's just the sort of stunt a situation comedy would use, but there's no laugh-track here). Goldie is pretty and sweet; she's softer here and less politicized than in "Private Benjamin" (which beat this into theaters by about two months). Chevy continually loses character and drifts, but Grodin is funny, frustrated but not irritating, and the supporting players are colorful, despite all the bickering. **1/2 from ****

Writer Nicholas Gardenia (Chevy Chase) is kidnapped by two guys and forced to rob a bank. Ira Parks (Charles Grodin) is the district attorney and he's looking to be the new attorney general. He's also married to bleeding heart defense attorney Glenda (Goldie Hawn) who happens to be Nick's ex-wife. Previously Nick had gone to Mexico to write about illegal immigrants and ended up being imprisoned for two years in a smuggling incident. In desperation, he goes to her for help.

It's a screw ball comedy written by Neil Simon. Director Jay Sandrich does mostly TV and that's the predominate feel of this movie. Chevy is his sly comic self and gets a few chuckles. However the laughs are not big enough or sustained enough. Goldie is very winning and Charles Grodin gets to yell at the dogs. The continuous rotation of the three characters as lead does take away from the flow and the tension.