The Burbs
1989 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Set in an average neighborhood that is anything but average, Tom Hanks portrays suburbanite Ray Peterson, who finally takes a much-needed week of vacation. However, Ray doesn't use the time to jet off to some exotic locale, there are no frolicsome adventures in his plans, all he wants is a week of mindless relaxation in his own comfortable suburban home. His wife Carol (Carrie Fisher) warns him that he's liable to go crazy from the boredom, but he refuses to listen. The nothingness finally does get to him, however, and he creates a little excitement for himself by spying on his neighbors - the Klopeks, a mysterious, oddball family that just moved in to a dilapidated home down the street. When the neighborhood grouch mysteriously disappears, Ray and a motley crew of other neighborhood crackpots begin to concoct wild theories about the strange, and perhaps murderous, goings on in the Klopek's creepy, old house. For one brief, shining moment their lives seem to have some meaning and purpose as Ray and his friends become consumed with the secrets of the bizarre family. Tom Hanks is hysterical as Ray, bring his own brand of boyish charm and zany slapstick comedy to the screen.
Direction Joe Dante
Cast Tom Hanks · Carrie Fisher · Bruce Dern · Rick Ducommun · Corey Feldman · Wendy Schaal · Henry Gibson · Brother Theodore · Courtney Gains · Gale Gordon · Dick Miller · Robert Picardo · Cory Danziger · Franklyn Ajaye · Rance Howard · Heather Haase · Nicky Katt · Billy Stevenson · Gary Hays · Kevin Gage · Dana Olsen · Brenda Benner · Patrika Darbo · Sonny Carl Davis · Moosie Drier · Leigh French · Archie Hahn · Billy Jayne · Phyllis Katz · Jeffrey C. Kramer · Tracy Newman · Lynne Marie Stewart · Arnold F. Turner · Gigi Vorgan
Soundtrack Jerry Goldsmith
Screenplay Dana Olsen
Cinematography Robert M. Stevens
Original title The Burbs
5.8
7K votes (FilmAffinity)
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