I am always intrigued by any movie with an all-star cast like this one. Then, when I heard it took three years to complete the project, my expectations soared. I’ve experienced many disappointments in the past from this same stereotypical view that a good movie relies on at least three big names and the more time it takes the better the film. I should have known better. “Town and Country” should have been titled “First Wives Club meet Bob and Carol, Ted and Alice.” Regardless of what the synopsis says, this is a 70’s style movie about two middle-aged husbands who are tired of the status-quo and looking for some excitement. One (Shandling) discovers he’s a homosexual and gets caught by his wife (Hawn) The other (Beatty) is a philanderer, who isn’t satisfied making “music” with a young cellist (Kinski). He betrays his wife (Keaton) by bedding down her best friend (Hawn). The moral to this immoral tale is that roaming men are sorry for their sins — when they get caught — unless they are gay, in which case they are liberated. I was especially distrubed by the permissiveness of the parents (Beatty/Keaton) as their children invited bedmates in with impunity. All in all, this movie should have remained on the shelf where it was for two years. It still suffers from acute tastelessness and a fractured storyline.