Housesitter is finally just a sweet and funny movie, rather than a comic masterpiece, but I think that's fine. It's what the movie wants to be.

An underrated screwball comedy

Rather than engaging Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn in an escalating game of "yes, and?," "Housesitter" is a rather straightforward confection. It could be called a throwback to madcap 1940s comedy were it able to muster a modicum of that momentum.

...a sluggish endeavor that relies mostly on the charisma of its performers to sustain the viewer's less-than-rapt interest and attention...