← Back to Reviews
in
THE MONEY PIT (1986)
Director: Richard Benjamin
The Money Pit is a good movie because it's funny and entertaining. It doesn't try to be a sophisticated character piece that happens to have funny moments, nor is it a straight up slapstick. It finds a nice place in between and parks itself there allowing Hanks and Long to play it straight in obnoxious circumstances. There is a great deal of physical comedy on display and Tom Hanks is up to the challenge. He had great physicality back in the 1980's before he became an A list serious actor, and he really shows it off here.
This movie gets a lot of dismissal from people and I've always wondered why. It's almost as if people expected this movie to be another film entirely. I could never figure it out. It's not a disposable comedy. I mean, if they still made comedies like this, it might be disposable, but no. This is a fun time capsule, and really kept me chuckling from beginning to end.
The only thing that really got under my skin was the theme song. That was bad, and continues to be bad, especially when they reprise it at the end, right after they butcher "Ode to Joy" with a rock ensemble played by White Lion, yuk!
Alexander Godunov does some great comedic work as well, with his pompous but heart felt vanity and high expectations of others. He's a hoot. Other great comedy comes from the construction team rebuilding the house. Lots of funny moments. This movie has a speedy pace and keeps the laughs coming in good, even measure. How could anyone hate this movie? It's silly but it's fun. I'll never get the hate for it, and I don't need to get it.
I like this movie and always will.
Director: Richard Benjamin
++
The Money Pit is a good movie because it's funny and entertaining. It doesn't try to be a sophisticated character piece that happens to have funny moments, nor is it a straight up slapstick. It finds a nice place in between and parks itself there allowing Hanks and Long to play it straight in obnoxious circumstances. There is a great deal of physical comedy on display and Tom Hanks is up to the challenge. He had great physicality back in the 1980's before he became an A list serious actor, and he really shows it off here.
This movie gets a lot of dismissal from people and I've always wondered why. It's almost as if people expected this movie to be another film entirely. I could never figure it out. It's not a disposable comedy. I mean, if they still made comedies like this, it might be disposable, but no. This is a fun time capsule, and really kept me chuckling from beginning to end.
The only thing that really got under my skin was the theme song. That was bad, and continues to be bad, especially when they reprise it at the end, right after they butcher "Ode to Joy" with a rock ensemble played by White Lion, yuk!
Alexander Godunov does some great comedic work as well, with his pompous but heart felt vanity and high expectations of others. He's a hoot. Other great comedy comes from the construction team rebuilding the house. Lots of funny moments. This movie has a speedy pace and keeps the laughs coming in good, even measure. How could anyone hate this movie? It's silly but it's fun. I'll never get the hate for it, and I don't need to get it.
I like this movie and always will.