Release and Reception
The film finally made it into theaters on April 27, 2001, nearly three years after filming began. It received generally negative reviews and was called "boorish" and "obtuse" by one reviewer. Critic Nathan Rabin described it as "the rare movie that can't seem to decide whether it wants to be Freddy Got Fingered or Hannah and Her Sisters." It holds a generally poor 13% rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. An article from The Hollywood Reporter lists Town & Country as the fifth-largest box office bomb of the 2000s. Due to the film's poor reviews and dismal reception by audiences, most of the cast were not seen in major motion pictures for some time. For instance, it is Beatty's last film appearance to date. The only members of the cast that came out unscathed from the film were Diane Keaton, who went on to star in the box-office smash hit Something's Gotta Give and maintained a successful career thereafter appearing in films to this date; Jenna Elfman went onto further film roles and television sitcoms; and Goldie Hawn made one more hit film (The Banger Sisters) before taking a break from films.
Conversely, Josh Hartnett, who had a minor role, actually reached his peak after the film's release, with roles in Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down and 40 Days and 40 Nights; the film was one of Charlton Heston's last minor roles; and the director, Peter Chelsom, went onto bigger successes with Serendipity, Shall We Dance? and Hannah Montana: The Movie, and while the films received mixed reviews from critics, all became box office hits.
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