The Money Pit

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The Money Pit

PG

1986

1h 30m

Comedy

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Young lovers Walter (Tom Hanks) and Anna (Shelley Long) are house-sitting the New York City apartment owned by Max (Alexander Godunov), Anna's ex-husband, who suddenly decides to toss them out. Needing a new home, they settle on buying a country estate outside the city, which is available for a suspiciously low price. It soon becomes apparent why, as doors fall off their hinges, staircases come tumbling down and a bathtub falls through the floor. The couple's relationship suffers similarly.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

A movie that contains one funny scene and 91 minutes of running time to kill.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Not only Tom Hanks and Shelley Long share a fantastic chemistry, the physical humor (full of brilliant set pieces) is first-rate and allows Hanks to show off his impeccable comedy chops.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 15, 2021

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Sergio Benítez

Espinof

Films like these are much more valid than all the comedies by Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler combined. [Full Review in Spanish]

May 14, 2020

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William Wolf

Gannett News Service

The film would have been a lot better had there been a much stronger script that didn't seem to be straining to keep the basic idea alive.

Nov 5, 2019

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JoBlo

JoBlo's Movie Network

Rated: 7/10

Jul 7, 2006

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...enhanced by Hanks' increasingly hysterical and appropriately broad performance.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 25, 2006

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David F

This was a mildly funny film about a couple who are getting kicked out of the apartment they’ve been living in and are forced to quickly buy a very large house to live in. The house looks great, stately, old, and sizable, but once they move in there are a variety of problems with it, both cosmetic and structural. There are laughs aplenty when showing all the things that can go wrong with a house that’s a “money pit” - stairs collapse, chimneys cave in, and the roof leaks in about a half dozen places that shoot jets of water straight down as though it is coming out of a garden hose. These scenes of housing disasters are often very funny. The story about the relationship between the couple that lives in the house is a little bit less entertaining, as they work through their trust issues involving the woman’s past boyfriend who is still in her life because she plays an instrument in his orchestra. The combination of romantic comedy and home renovation misadventures is an odd pairing but it kind of works.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Archer C

The whole sequence with the couple falling apart could have been handled much better. However this movie is truly hilarious. It just has that one thing holding it back.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/15/25

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Audience M

An underrated 80s classic full of the kind of laugh out loud, fixer-upper set pieces that will strike fear into the hearts of every prospective house buyer.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Audience M

An underrated 80s classic full of the kind of laugh out loud, fixer-upper set pieces that will strike fear into the hearts of every prospective house buyer.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/09/24

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Tom F

A solid if not remarkable relic of its time.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/18/24

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e6e 6

An underrated 80s classic full of the kind of laugh out loud, fixer-upper set pieces that will strike fear into the hearts of every prospective house buyer.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/11/24

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Richard Benjamin

Director

Tom Hanks

Walter Fielding, Jr.

Shelley Long

Anna Crowley Beissart Fielding

Alexander Godunov

Max Beissart

Maureen Stapleton

Estelle

Joe Mantegna

Art Shirk

The Money Pit: Official Clip - I'll Not Like You Anymore

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The Money Pit: Official Clip - Walter's Laugh

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The Money Pit: Official Clip - Home Crap Home

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The Money Pit: Official Clip - Chain Reaction

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The Money Pit: Official Clip - The Stairs Are Out!

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The Money Pit: Official Clip - I Love This House!

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The Money Pit: Official Clip - Sleazy Carpenter

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The Money Pit: Official Clip - Stuck in the Floor

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The Money Pit: Official Clip - I'm Right Here!

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Synopsis

Young lovers Walter (Tom Hanks) and Anna (Shelley Long) are house-sitting the New York City apartment owned by Max (Alexander Godunov), Anna's ex-husband, who suddenly decides to toss them out. Needing a new home, they settle on buying a country estate outside the city, which is available for a suspiciously low price. It soon becomes apparent why, as doors fall off their hinges, staircases come tumbling down and a bathtub falls through the floor. The couple's relationship suffers similarly.

Director: Richard Benjamin
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Art Levinson, Frank Marshall
Screenwriter: David Giler
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.9M
Runtime: 1h 30m

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