- ISBN13: 9780783277035
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A new york lawyer and his violinist girlfriend buy a mansion cheap then find it needs extensive work. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/04/2003 Starring: Tom Hanks Philip Bosco Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Richard BenjaminAmazon.com
Steven Spielberg produced this underwhelming 1986 effort at a slapstick spin on Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. The pre-Oscar Tom Hanks stars with Shelley Long as a married couple whose efforts to finish construction on their home are sabotaged by costly and sporadically funny accidents. The unfinished domicile becomes a metaphor for their troubled relationship, as evidenced by Long’s character’s attraction to a madman violinist (Alexan… More >>
Comments
There was not anything even remotely funny about this movie. Constant disasters costing more money—how is that amusing? I see it as a disaster film. I know if this kind of thing was happening to me I would not be able to see it as humorous; just painful. I left the room in protest the first time I saw this movie, and when I decided to try and watch it again a few years later, I was reminded of why I left. In addition to the disasters befalling the house, the couple does not have a single ounce of chemistry between them, and towards the end it felt more like they were at war. Tom Hanks is a great actor, but this was definitely not one of his better movies.
Rating: 1 / 5
This movie is a lite-hearted, fun little romp through the horrors of repairing an old house. Although exaggerated, it rings true if you’ve ever been in a like situation. This movie was funny, and because it didn’t try to take itself seriously, it worked out. Don’t buy this one, you probably won’t watch it more than once, but I’d definitely go out and rent it.
Rating: 4 / 5
It was a good comedy but not that funny
Rating: 3 / 5
I’m a big Shelley Long fan and am glad this film is finally on DVD.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is not a good comedy, it is a bad one. Let’s remember that this bombed when it came out. There is no story in this movie except a house falling apart, and that is the only gag as well, a lot of ridiculous scenes of parts of the house spontaneously falling apart. As implausible as this is, it’s occasionally mildly funny, unlike any of the dialogue, which is just implausible and not funny. Tom Hanks is in his forced acting stage, and very plastic. And Shelly Long, uff, let’s not even go there.
Rating: 2 / 5