Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

calvinnme Some people call this Tom Hanks' worst film. Nope, it was just completely ridiculous to the point that the viewer is supposed to know this kind of thing could never happen on this scale and just laugh, because we've all had these kinds of things happen on a much smaller scale.Tom Hanks and Shelley Long play a couple who have recently fallen in love and have been living in her ex-husband's New York City apartment and not thinking ahead. But then one day the ex-husband, Max (Alexander Godunov), returns and they have to leave.In a hurry to find a place to live, they buy a house for a song that looks beautiful through a disreputable agent. Although they looked at the house - never had an actual inspection mind you - and everything looked okay, things begin to fall apart the day that they move in. The front door and its entire frame fall off its hinges, the bad step on the staircase ends up with the entire stairway crashing to the floor, the bathtub falls through the floor just by filling it with water, and so on. The problems and their cost mount to the point of being way past ridiculous, and as goes the house so goes the relationship between Hanks and Long. To make matters worse, Max really wants his ex-wife back and is taking advantage of her vulnerability and deteriorating mental state.The fact is, nobody in this film but Hanks and Long play remotely likable characters. Everybody else is at best selfish and vain or incompetent, at worse dishonest, including Hanks' dad who ran off and left with his law firm's money so he could marry a girl about one third his age, leaving Hanks' character holding the bag.How will this all work out? Watch and find out. This was the only pairing of Shelley Long with Tom Hanks, and it is rather bittersweet in a kind of "A Star is Born" way, looking back. Tom Hanks had not been able to break out of farce like comedy roles such as this yet will end up getting back to back Best Actor Oscars. Long thought that this role was a stepping stone to better things after she decided to leave Cheers the following year, but she never got anything that really rose above this kind of role and was pretty much out of the movies by 1992.Highlights of the film for me - Gudonov's monologue to Hanks on the perks of being shallow and self-centered, a mouse-trap like chain reaction joke of physical comedy involving Hanks that has to be seen to be believed, and Philip Bosco as the genial and useless supervisor of the construction crew who is all smiles and has only one answer to how long it will take to fix the house - "two weeks".

Scott LeBrun Top comedy stars Tom Hanks and Shelley Long play Walter and Anna, a music industry lawyer and classical musician respectively, who are due to be kicked out of the apartment they've been using. It belongs to her ex-husband Max (Alexander Godunov), an egocentric orchestra conductor. Now they are in desperate need of lodging, and think they've found their solution when Walters' friend Jack (Josh Mostel) tells them about a mansion that the owner (Maureen Stapleton) is willing to unload cheaply. They soon find out the obvious answer: it's because this house is in TERRIBLE shape, and Walter & Anna have a number of slapstick misadventures trying to repair and remodel the house."The Money Pit" benefits from very engaging lead characters & performances; Hanks and a radiant Long have good chemistry and therefore make a believable couple. It also has great supporting characters & performances, too, from a sleazy carpenter (Joe Mantegna, who walks away with his one big scene), a bratty young pop star (Billy Lombardo), Max (the late Godunov is extremely amusing), and a can-do contractor named Curly (Philip Bosco). Hanks figures in the most gut busting moments, and he does one of the most priceless insane laughs that this viewer has ever heard.The movie itself, written by co-executive producer David Giler, and directed by actor Richard Benjamin, does manage to be very funny for a while (with a memorable image of Hanks slowly sinking into the floor), until it all gets a little over the top. Predictably, there is a major bump in the road for the Walter / Anna relationship, giving the story a little bit of humanity.You've already gotten a taste of the character actor talent in this review, but I'll refrain from listing all of the familiar faces in supporting parts and bits so you can discover them for yourself.Impressive stunts and sight gags help to make this a decent diversion.Seven out of 10.

richspenc Great comedy with Walter (Tom Hanks) and Anna (Shelly Long) buying a big house in the country just to find out all is not what seems. After being kicked out of Anna's ex boyfriend Max's (Alexander Goudonov) apartment because Max has come back from being out of town, Walter and Anna have nowhere to go. I, for one, am surprised that a woman's ex would allow her to stay there with her new boyfriend while he is not there, but Max is also Anna's symphony conductor and she plays the violin in the symphony. Walter is a lawyer who happens to have connections with major celebrities such as a rock band who the band leader says he likes Walter better than his family, a spoiled child star, and a transvestite acting group who wants to use Merryl Streep as the name of their act. With the jobs Walter and Anna have, and the people they know, you would think that they have problems that wouldn't amount to a hill of beans. But Walter still complains when they're kicked out of Max's apartment about how broke they are. But the whole first part of the film is done with humor and wit. And they have an amazingly quick and easy time finding this big, nice looking house and the money to buy it. But it's when they move in when their problems really begin. And that's when the really funny parts of the film happen. The staircase collapses, the kitchen goes all haywire, the front door falls off it's hinges, a bathtub falls through the floor, and the water from their pipes looks like there was a nearby bust in a major sewer line. Not just these events, but Walter and Anne's reactions is what helps make these scenes so funny. Then there's the workmen and they're funny characters too. The carpenter thinks that every time a woman calls a carpenter, she's looking for the "ol hammer and nail". The plumber demands a drink of scotch and a five thousand dollar check, then leaves refusing to even glance at the plumbing. (Look out for the gag at both of them driving away to the same part of the same song) Then the work crew, who looks more like a biker and hot wheels gang, just further tear up their house to shreds and won't repair anything until Walter sees the permit man, who he himself is a rather difficult person. This movie really is one of a kind, a real feel good movie. Then there's the humorous character of Max the symphony conductor, who is so wry and conceded, in a pretty funny way. I've actually only ever seen Alexander Godonov in one other film before, and that's the brief Amish scene in the awful movie " North". And interestingly enough, that brief Amish scene was about the only good scene in that entire horrible film. Anyway, there's even more good scenes in "The money pit" I haven't written here, but you'll have to see the film to see them.

KineticSeoul I got a chance to watch this movie during a real estate class. And I am kinda glad the professor decided to show it. Cause although this movie was made in the 80's it still sorta holds up today. Tom Hanks is young in this and him and his fiancé decides to buy a house...Without doing any inspections on the house. And that is when there dream house ends up being a nightmare cause all the appliance and stuff in the house are so worn out it turns out to be a major hazard. So there is a bit of some comedic elements in this movie besides it have some romantic comedy aspect to it. But the romantic comedy is just a small portion of this movie. And it educates you what not to do when buying a house while it have some funny moments than and there. This isn't one of the best comedies I seen but it's pretty good. And is worth seeing, especially before buying a house as a couple.7/10