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Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

videorama-759-859391 Yeah, I thought this being a straight to video B grade, this would be a miss of a movie. My Sister recommended it to me, and I passed it off. Coming across half of it on t.v. one night, this corrected my qualms about this movie quick, as I eventually did hire it on video in 94. The movie is a cheap laugh riot, steered by the great comic timing, and priceless expressions from Pryor, who after a couple of weeks of being jobless, he's just been thrown a work offer he can't refuse that involves moving.... again. His whole family, especially his daughter, driven to desperate and funny measures, are dead set against it. Finally forced to make the big trip, his hell has only begun. He has the removalists from hell, that includes King Kong Bundy, so you don't want to hypothesize on breakages and damages to valuables, etc. His driveaway guy has personality disorders, and the last tenants of their new home in Boise, were whack jobs, while also his new neighbor, is the arsehole brother of an equally irritating guy, who shared former neighborhood residence with Pryor. What are the chances? Moving is cheap side splitting and quite inventive laughter, while also taking quips at all the downfalls and hassles of moving, where behind the quips are realistic clouds of what's involved in making the big move, and the stuff ups that can happen, where they've just all been peppered with comedy or inanity. The catalyst is very real, when you approach it from Pryor's point of view. The rebellious daughter who stymies their chances to sell their old home, was real, where as I said before, she's much opposed to moving, and kind of brought shades of my rebellious in the home. The frequently funny film, also brings Rambo into the picture. This is a great vehicle for Pryor, and though not everyone will see this film my way, and I'm talking Pryor, here's one not to overlook, but just see. We also see that being black twin brothers does have it's advantages on the running field, and in the classroom. The movie does have some sharp humor too, where as I said laughs are continual, where identity changing Carvey is a hoot.

Nick Damian When it first came out in '88, I read in the newspaper that it was not well received.Years later I watched it again and I now thing it's one of the best comedies out.Randy Quaid and Richard Prior made pure humour.It would have been great to see them both in something much more intense.Each great in their own way, as a team they would be double the trouble and 5 times the fun.Far better than any Adam Sandler or Seth Rogan movie made and better than the Sandler/Rogan actors themselves.Nothing enormously award winning, but a pleasurable waste of time.

Aaron1375 Yes, this movie is not quite what one would expect from Richard Pryor...light on the cussing, a touch of being almost a family comedy, but not quite that tame. In this movie we have a man who is laid off and is offered a very nice job in Boise. Of course, his daughter is rather upset about the prospect of going there, however his wife and twin sons are a bit more supportive. Also happy to see the family go is the crazy neighbor played rather good by Randy Quaid. A neighbor who for some reason must cut his rather small lawn with an industrial mower. Well he has a couple of moving agencies give their appraisal of what it would take to move and he goes with the more expensive as the cheap ones look like recently escaped convicts or something. They find a nice house in Boise where they meet the delightful owners who tell great jokes about how they are going to take everything from the doors to the pool with them. Then he finds just the perfect guy to drive one of his vehicles to the new house. Well everything begins to unravel rather quickly as the movers turn out to be familiar faces he does not want to see, the jokes on them with the new house, and the driver of the car has a bit of a mental problem. So all in all a funny movie, a few of the jokes miss the marks such as the giving the wrong finger thing, however most are pretty good like how the twin sons run track. So for a rather light Richard Pryor comedy that still has some good laughs, give this movie a try.

merklekranz Richard Pryor struggles mightily with the forced, weak, idiotic material in "Moving". After each effort at generating laughs, there seems to be an uncomfortable silence as the audience consistently remains silent, or worse yet, sighs at this unbelievably unfunny movie. Vacilating wildly between slapstick and just plain nonsense, there are no more than two chuckles, and it leaves you feeling almost embarrassed for having watched. Do not be misled by the token appearance of Rodney Dangerfield, because he is almost totally wasted, and Randy Quaid's character is so repetitively abrasive, he quickly becomes boring. Very definitely not recommended. - MERK