Saturday, October 14, 2023

The Burbs (1984)

Plot: A comedy. A strange, scary, family moves into a suburban neighorbood - making everyone curious
Stars: Carrie Fisher, Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern

Comedy is subjective, and I didn't find this one funny.  Dern (playing his weirdness for laughs) and likable Hanks  have a few good moments, but there's just too much yelling, overly-broad comedy and silliness for my taste.  Also,  the supporting cast wasn't that good.  I kept wishing John Candy was in it.  The 'burbs, gets worse as it goes along,  by the 70 minute mark I was pushing the FF button.

Typical Joke: 

Ray Peterson: I've never seen that. I've never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the street and bang the hell out of it with a stick. I-I've never seen that.

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