This movie is a comedic masterpiece. I cannot even begin to understand how the critics hated it THAT much. I can watch The Burbs 1000 times and still laugh.
It's one of my favorites now and Tom Hanks IS my favorite. But when I first saw it I didn't like it, it was too dark for me as a child. Courtney Gains scared the bejeezus out of me for some reason.
I love The 'Burbs. I must've seen it a million times as a kid and it's aged like fine wine. I was shocked to find it has a cult following, because it always felt like a forgotten relic. So glad it's getting the love and respect it deserves.
Love the 'Burbs, the characters, the zoom in on the dog. If I remember correctly, Ebert didn't like Planes, Trains and Automobiles at first either and A Christmas Story took time to be loved as well.
I often wonder if Ebert just got tired of being a movie critic trying to keep up with all those movies. Surely he had other more productive things he wanted to get done with his time, but instead had to watch a movie. That probably led to a feeling of great disappointment if he felt the movie wasn't equal to other things he had on his mind at the time.
@NoName-fx9zi As a critic myself, and a guy who knows lots of other critics, I can tell you this is not the case. We go into every movie hopeful, and mostly excited.
I love Dante realizes how much The Burbs is beloved. I still don’t like it as much as Big Hanks’ previous film but I would rank it for sure as his second best comedy after. If you haven’t seen it don’t think just watch. Great little movie.
It's impossible for me to understand how the reviews were so bad. This is my favorite comedy of all time. I've seen it so many times and know it beat for beat but it still makes me laugh.
I still remember vividly in 1989 I was 8 and I was telling my best friend about this new rad movie I just saw as my mom was driving us to school. I was telling him it was about this weird family in this old house in a normal neighborhood and everyone's all freaked out about how they never come out of their house. He asked me what the family's name was and I just could not remember. The whole day at school I kept trying to remember the name Klopek but it just never came to me. I remember that all like it was yesterday.
Tha cast is probably some of tha best actors princess Leia mouth from the goonies Bruce Dern , Mr Butterman from goonies , the PE TEACHER FROM WONDER YEARS NEED I SAY MORE
As a kid, I saw it in the theaters and appreciated that it was weird but didn't think it was very good. Tom Hanks was a blockbuster guy at this point and at that age I expected movies to strive to be blockbusters.
People want to be entertained. This movie doesn't take itself too serious and has original elements. Critics hate originality because they were not taught what to do with it.
