- Release date: 1986
- Runtime: 91 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton ... See all
- Director: Richard Benjamin
- Plot: Walter Fielding and Anna Crowley have to start looking for a new house- but there's not much they can afford! This soon changes when they meet a lonely old con-artist who sells them a beautiful mansion at a ridiculously low price. Only there's a catch. The second Walter and Anna... Read more
User Reviews
Really has some funny, unforgettable moments
Apr 10, 1999
Aletta
Apr 10, 1999Aletta
Nice, funny comedy with few really unforgettable moments, especially at the first half of the movie. Good actors T.Hanks and Sh.Long. Of course, movie could be better, but it is good as it is. I think it is good-watching at... Read more at imdb.com
Welcome to your new home
Jan 15, 2005
au_law2001
Jan 15, 2005au_law2001
This Tom Hanks movie is very unforgettable and perhaps one of the funniest he's been in. Way back before he did Forrest Gump and others, he starred in this one, where he and his wife have to get in this big... Read more at imdb.com
The home version of "The Poseidon Adventure"
Aug 21, 2005
blanche-2
Aug 21, 2005blanche-2
Tom Hanks and Shelley Long star in this hilarious film about a couple who buy a million dollar home for $200,000 - only to find out it's going to cost close to a million to repair it! Wood rot, raccoons... Read more at imdb.com
Good Memories
Apr 20, 2006
browall80
Apr 20, 2006browall80
I loved this movie. Granted, I was a teen when I first saw it, but even so, I laughed often and that is my standard of judgment. Shelley Long is as good as she was in Cheers (which is gooood).... Read more at imdb.com
re:montana19boy
Jan 11, 2007
DeathHead
Jan 11, 2007DeathHead
This movie is at best OK. Tom Hanks, at the time, IMO, was taking anything that he could, Shelly Long was trying to capitalize on her Cheers role. This movie is not all that bad. I think if he had... Read more at imdb.com
Tom Hanks at his Best.
Sep 03, 2007
jts0405
Sep 03, 2007jts0405
This is truly the era when Tom Hanks was a comedian. He really made me laugh in this movie. Especially when the bath tub falls through the flooring. The best parts happen when something goes wrong. Tom Hanks has moved... Read more at imdb.com
Mr. Hanks builds his dream (make that "nightmare") house
Aug 12, 2006
Lee Eisenberg
Aug 12, 2006Lee Eisenberg
I know, the critics ripped at "The Money Pit" when it got released. They apparently didn't realize that it wasn't pretending to be a masterpiece; it was a big excuse to be funny, and they succeed. Some of the gags... Read more at imdb.com
You may die of STOMACH FAILURE!!!
Aug 28, 2003
Mari-36
Aug 28, 2003Mari-36
You will laugh so hard!!! The scene in which the bathtub falls through the rotting floor and shatters is the funniest scene in a ton of funny scenes!!! I remember this in the theatre when I was 15 and I... Read more at imdb.com
Amusing, but falls short of potential
Aug 14, 2006
MartianCreature
Aug 14, 2006MartianCreature
A typical '80's slapstick farce style comedy that would have been a lot more fun if it wasn't burdened with a lot of needless sub-plot clutter. The film's one-joke premise of a couple trying to renovate a disintegrating fixer-upper house was... Read more at imdb.com
'Money' well spent.....
Mar 03, 2005
mcfly-31
Mar 03, 2005mcfly-31
This is the rarest of the rare: a one-joke comedy where the one-joke is able to sustain the whole film. It all begins when Hanks and Long buy a big, grand, dream house in the New York countryside. It is,... Read more at imdb.com
Critics Reviews
commonsensemedia.org
This being an '80s comedy, the happy ending is all but guaranteed.
Whether or not you're a fan of broad comedies, you won't be able to keep from laughing out loud, especially since Hanks proves a genius with the physical humor.
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