For the third time on screen, Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline are playing a couple in an unconventional situation.
In 1993’s cameo-packed political comedy Dave, Kline played a lookalike to the president hired to take over during an emergency, hoping to fool Weaver’s first lady along the way both in public and in private (a contemporary re-examination might label the ruse “problematic” on reflection). In 1997’s 70s-set family drama The Ice Storm, Kline’s mid-life crisis leads him to embark on an affair with Weaver’s sharp-tongued neighbour, attempting sexual liberation despite the restrictions of the time. And now in 2022’s small-town comedy drama The Good House, Weaver plays an alcoholic realtor edging towards romance with an old flame, played by Kline, despite a complicated history.
