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The Money Pit

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Network Rated: 7/10 Jul 7, 2006 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...enhanced by Hanks' increasingly hysterical and appropriately broad performance. Rated: 2.5/4 Feb 25, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Tom F A solid if not remarkable relic of its time. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/18/24 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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