VividSimon Simply Perfect

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Mihai Toma Alex and Nancy move into their lovely new house full of hope, regardless of the old lady living upstairs. They soon realize that their life is starting to fall apart so they must try to find various solutions to "evacuate" the unwelcome tenant before they lose their minds. Unbeknownst to them, their neighbor is pretty determined to keep her residence, so they'll have to work hard to achieve their goal.I like the whole idea of this movie and thanks to some good acting, a lot of very funny situations come to life. Unfortunately it's a bit too "forced" and very unlikely, kind of the worst that could happen. The ending isn't groundbreaking to say the least, unexpected but stupid at the same time. It's a good movie if you're looking for a laugh, otherwise it's nothing special.

gavin6942 A young couple has a chance to move into a gorgeous duplex in the perfect New York neighborhood. All they have to do is bump off the current tenant, a cute little old lady.I feel like there was potential here but it never quite reached the full level. The concept is perfect for a dark comedy, and Danny DeVito is the right guy to bring such a script to fruition. But the lead actors were just not right. Ben Stiller has a few good comedies, but mostly duds. He was not able to bring his A-game. And Drew Barrymore was just bad through and through.There is one aspect about the film I liked: the suggestion that the old woman was immortal or possibly the devil herself. These ideas are only hinted out, but I thought it was quite clever to drop those hints in there...

OllieSuave-007 This is a slapstick comedy starring Ben Stiller as Alex Rose and Drew Barrymoore as Nancy Kendricks. They play a young couple who had just moved into a duplex in Brooklyn - a home of their dreams. However, the elderly Mrs. Connelly (Eileen Essell) lives upstairs and won't move out, despite Alex and Nancy desperately trying to convince her to leave. Soon, Mrs. Connelly makes life miserable for them.The script of the movie seems funny, but the movie is filmed in a way that you really end up feeling sorry for Alex and Nancy and having hostility towards Mrs. Connelly. Though supposed to be a nice little old lady, she was portrayed in a way that generated no audience sympathy (at least for me). She was an annoying and conniving little witch, and despicable, too, were all those characters who stood on her side. Also, the ending sucked, adding salt to the wound.The acting was OK, but didn't make up for the otherwise forgettable movie.Grade D-

gilbert-kelly007 this film is hilarious. Sure, there are comedy mechanisms at work here...........DER! IT'S A COMEDY! the surehanded direction is seamless and uninvasive and the cast perform realistically which serves to make the humour more effective. I laughed aloud all through the movie, genuinely. Stiller is a comedy master and Drew Barrymore revealed herself to be one also. This is a film made and played by masters at the peak of their game and a total entertainment.........I think this is what movies are for. One can intellectualise in a Godardian manner about the purpose of 'Le' Cinema.....but for the most of us, we pay for our seat and are thoroughly entertained and amused........isn't that why we leave the house on a Friday night to go to the Mall? I rate this movie. It sits well with 'Throw Momma From The Train' and, to some extent, The Ladykillers. More of this type of film please. The importance of the therapy of laughter is not to be underestimated and the balance between 'black' or dark humour and light-hearted slapstick is achieved to perfection. We need the exorcism of hatred through comedy to make the break between our daily weekday worklives and the week-end. With this movie we get it all. Great moments? well, the sexy nurse making eye contact with Mr Stiller - whilst adjusting his manhood beneath the covers - accompanied by Marvin Gaye's 'Sexual Healing' is hilarious.