Lovers and Liars

For the American television series, see Lovers and Liars (TV series).

Lovers and Liars (Viaggio con Anita) is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Goldie Hawn and Giancarlo Giannini. It is Hawn's only foreign film.^[3] It was released in the United States in February 1981.

Lovers and Liars
Directed by	Mario Monicelli
Written by	Leonardo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi Mario Monicelli Tullio Pinelli Paul D. Zimmerman
Produced by	Alberto Grimaldi
Starring	Goldie Hawn Giancarlo Giannini Claudine Auger Laura Betti Aurore Clément Andréa Ferréol
Cinematography	Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production company	Produzioni Europee Associati[1][2]
Distributed by	United Artists[1][2]
Release date	April 25, 1979 (1979-04-25)
Running time	120 min.
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian

Plot

Anita (Hawn) is an American actress who decides to vacation in Rome. There, she becomes involved in a romance with her friend's married lover Guido (Giannini).

Cast

• Goldie Hawn as Anita
• Giancarlo Giannini as Guido Massacesi
• Claudine Auger as Elisa Massacesi
• Aurore Clément as Cora
• Laura Betti as Laura
• Andréa Ferréol as Noemi
• Renzo Montagnani as Teo
• Franca Tamantini as Oriana Massacesi
• Gino Santercole as Tonino, the truck driver
• Lorraine de Selle as Gennifer

Critical reception

In his review of the film in The New York Times, Herbert Mitgang wrote that "the love scenes, which more or less is what this crazy, mixed up plot aims to be leading up to, lack any redeeming social value," that the writers "seem to have made up this script as they went along," that "there are inexplicable sudden cuts, as the plot wavers between the absurd and the serious," and that the film "doesn't really deserve its R rating, unless the phrase is added, For immature adults only."^[4] Film critic Gene Siskel reported that "this film is full of stupid slapstick and badly done dubbing," and that it was "a total waste of time."^[5] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, no critics' reviews are registered, although 13% of over 500 audience members gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 2.5 out of 5.^[6] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "D+" on an A+ to F scale.^[7]