Alicia I love this movie so much

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

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

FlashCallahan One man's quiet suburban life takes a turn for the worse when a young couple move into the house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who should be living in such a nice street. As more unbelievable events happen, he starts to question his own sanity.......John Belushi was a legend. He was hilarious, straight to the point, and unpredictable. So why on earth cast him as the straight guy next to Ackroyds 'crazy' titular character?This is where the film fails, it's not believable one iota. Imagine Nicolas Cage playing straight next to Tom Hanks who is in cuckoo mode? It just doesn't stick.So we go through the same old motions of Ackroyd antagonising Belushi, taking his money, taking his car, and generally being a complete moron.of course, this falls on death ears for the rest of his family, believing that he is too highly strung. And then we have an unfunny subplot involving Moriarty trying to bed Belushi.It's supposed to carry the message 'Love thy Neighbour' with a comic twist, but it's never funny, never as awkward for Belushi that it should be, and it leaves you feeling pretty redundant come the end.It was a risk for the two leads to change their atypical roles, but it doesn't pay off sadly.

LeonLouisRicci Comedy is the most subjective of Genres. Its divide is that You are either amused or You are not. The Black Comedy or Dark Comedy may be the most divisive, because the appeal or entertainment value demands You be in on the joke or there is trouble ahead.Troubled is a description of the behind the scenes production on this one. Drugs may be the culprit but to what degree is an enigma that no one, except folks who were there could begin to illuminate. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi seem to be giving their all and from the performances it's hard to tell what was going on.The Female Leads alongside the SNL Alumni are two must mention contributors, Cathy Moriarty and Kathryn Walker, that add to the engagement with superb characterizations. A disturbing, oddball, and ethereal Movie it plays like "The Twilight Zone" and feels at times like the Direction of David Lynch or Tm Burton.The Film will linger and haunt no matter what You think of it. It has a way to attach itself to the subconscious and as Movies tend to do, make its way to the brain's receptors in a powerful persuasion to pay attention (much like mind altering drugs). Many viewers were not ready for its seductive and salacious charms and biting Satire.It's Suburbia gone mad with power lines that artificially disturb the psyche and the natural rhythms of the Earth (much like mind altering drugs). Nightmarish to say the least, it is the quirk that resides in this surreal environment that interferes with the commonplace. A unique Film going experience that is against the grain of the usual and the expected.Highly recommended for Cult Movie aficionados, Belushi and Aykroyd fans, lovers of the Avant-Garde, and those that want their expectations tweaked and challenged.Note...John Belushi's final Film.

capone666 Neighbors The irony of neighbours is that you often kill them with the same tool you borrowed from them.However, the aggravated neighbour in this dark comedy is liable to use his bare-hands.Despondent suburbanite Earl (John Belushi) is jolted from his mundane existence when an unconventional couple (Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty) moves in next-door.Unnerved by his forwardness and her flirtatiousness, Earl is confused as to why they moved into his quiet community.He soon begins to draw his own conclusions, which ultimately leads to paranoia and self-destruction. A satire on suburban bliss, Neighbors finds both its SNL alumni playing against their type in order to create a truly eccentric comedy.Based on the delusional bestseller by Thomas Berger, this undervalued psychological comedy from the '80s is an excellent commentary on the confines of safety and sanity.Furthermore, you should only interact with your neighbours if they have a pool.Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

dragonkazul I can't say this is the worst movie John Belushi ever made. I haven't seen all of his films yet. But I'd put good bank on it being the most depressing. And that's not just because this was Belushi's last role.Objectively speaking, it's not a bad movie. The performances are top-notch, with both Belushi and Akyroyd working against type to the film's benefit, and the film is adequately assembled.The story is that Earle Keese is a guy who has it all. He has a beautiful house on a quiet street, a devoted wife, and a lovely daughter who's away at school. Except that devoted wife slogs her way through the household chores with all of a coal-miner's resignation. She burns the meal, throws the expensive steaks to the dog, and drinks like a fish. And that lovely daughter shows up dressed in early punk leathers, showing off her edible underpants and cheerfully declaring she's been kicked out of school. Later on, Vic will say she was obviously looking around for a fix. Earle will insist, helplessly, that she's never done drugs in her life. Vic will just let it go, but the point has been made. Earle has no idea what's going on in his daughter's life, and asking her would do him no good. His daughter would just say "oh Daddy," and act the good child. Whatever her real life is like, she won't let him near it. I don't know if this it's the late 70s feminist movement, the Suburban ennui, or a demystification of "the American Family," but by the end of the film both women have made it clear that they are moving on and Earle's continuing presence in their lives isn't needed or wanted. So he returns the favor. Everyone heads their separate ways to, hopefully, brighter futures.I can't think of another movie where the complete and total disintegration of a family unit is portrayed as an unambiguously good thing. Really, that is part of a "happy ending." How did the book end, if this is the optimistic option? ...Have you noticed I haven't talked about the Neighbors yet? Who are the Neighbors? No, really. I just spent a whole movie with them and I have no idea who they really are and what they want. Even their last names are kept a mystery. For that matter, we have no guarantees that "Vic" and "Ramona"are their first names. They are slippery, dishonest, and masters of building you up just to get at your underbelly. He's a shotgun totting sportsman who is loud, aggressive, and unpredictable. She's more like a trick of the light then a person with a breathy voice, permanent bedroom eyes, and a habit of climbing naked into other people's beds. Everything else about them, from the implication that they stole their new house from a senior citizen, to their actual marital status, is murky. We hear several different backgrounds, and the characters are serial liars. Not that it matters. This isn't their story. The family was dead before they arrived. They just took it off life support...by violently smashing the heart-and-lung machine to pieces. It might have been a Mercy Killing, but you know what, even if it HADN'T been, I doubt it would have made any difference to them. They are plot devices, not people. They are entertaining enough characters on screen, I guess, but if they ended up dumping Earle's body somewhere, I wouldn't be surprised.That is why I say this film is depressing. It's well-made, for what it is, but instead of making me laugh, watching it made me feel uncomfortable and unhappy. The credits have rolled, but that feeling lingers. And I don't like it.