SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

SnoopyStyle Dance teacher Larry Kozinski (Ted Danson) has teenage son Mitch and is married to second wife Tish (Sean Young) for a couple of years. He goes to his uncle Phil's wedding to Edie. Edie's daughter Maria (Isabella Rossellini) is married to womanizing car salesman Tom Hardy (William Petersen) and they have a daughter named Chloe. Tom and Tish have a fling at the wedding. Later, he ends all of his affairs. Larry and Maria hang out. They suspect their partners' cheating. When Phil dies, Larry's father Vincent (Lloyd Bridges) attends the funeral.There is a possibility that Joel Schumacher may not be the best choice as director for this type of movie. He's saved by a charming coupling of Isabella Rossellini and Ted Danson. Young and Petersen are good foils. There is so much warmth coming from Rossellini that she is able to drive the story through some melodrama. Her smile can light up the world and it shines through on that train platform.

hellojaeson Most films use reality as a backdrop for depressive themes.Their underlying message seem to say: Reality is harsh and depressing. Cousins is one of those rare films that uses reality differently.Instead of beating us all with the heavy handed notion that anything real equates to reasons to slit our wrists, Cousins, seem to suggest that reality can be also magical. This in itself is a rare gesture of hopeful dreaming. An all too uncommon trait within the artist to make art that is life affirming in the light that being mortal is fraught with struggle and disappointment.Make no mistake, this film covers those aspects too. But offers us an alternative to jumping off a cliff.One line in the film sums up what the film is trying to say - You've only got one life to live. You can either make it chicken sh*t or chicken salad.As unpoetic as this philosophy sounds, the film itself unfolds poetically with almost ordinary people doing extraordinary things through the magical power of love. They don't even do it by offering flowers but by giving their time and opening up to each other with honesty and good humor.Love is not just about the big sweeping gestures but about the small things we do... and those gestures are captured here to great affection and effect. Politeness become fashionable again. Gentle unforced love becomes heroic once more.In a world where reality often means when you're down, you're out... this world captured by Cousins offers second chances. If you seek a means to see a universe where we can find happiness, true happiness after years of sadness or let downs... without too much sugar coating, or Hollywood sappy endings... I truly believe this film captures such magic in day to day living.

triple8 This was a mature yet breezy romancey involving ve,friendship,adulatory and big family/relative gatherings. Cousins I saw in the theater and there is nothing wrong with this movie but to be honest I didn't like it much when I saw it or perhaps I should say it didn't hold my attention that much. I am not sure why that is because it was an interesting movie. Of coarse I was quite young and I do believe this movie is more geared toward the adult viewing audience or at least young adult.But this movie is very well respected and features a great cast. I'd give it another chance-the big family gatherings came back to mind when I watched "my big fat Greek wedding" and as a romance goes this movie had a certain sweetness.

George Parker "Cousins", a pleasing knock-off of Oscar nominated French "Cousin, Cousine", tells of a man who has an affair with another woman while their partners are doing the same; concomitant relationships, one carnal and the other romantic. Full of quirky Euro-Am ethnic family members, this lively and sweet blast from the past is a light-hearted blend of sentimental, romantic, funny, and poignant moments well worth a first look or revisit.