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The 'Burbs

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  • Clip: The Petersons Visit the New Neighbors

Movie Info & Cast

Synopsis

An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.

Cast

  • Tom Hanks
  • Bruce Dern
  • Carrie Fisher
  • Rick Ducommun
  • Corey Feldman
  • Wendy Schaal
  • Henry Gibson
  • Theodore Gottlieb
  • Courtney Gains
  • Gale Gordon

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Metacritic

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Jun 29, 2017

The 'Burbs begins promisingly, as if Joe Dante is going to yank a Steven Spielberg film into Blue Velvet depths. Once the premise is laid down, however, the film deflates and empties with alarming speed. [17 Feb 1989, p.88]

Metacritic review by Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
50
Jun 29, 2017

For a while, director Joe Dante spins some daft gags off the situation, and Hanks and Fisher deliver their droller lines with a deadpan sincerity that produces genuine unease. But it turns out that there isn't really much of a script here, and soon The 'Burbs has devolved into a slow build to the big anti-climax. [17 Feb 1989, p.10]

Metacritic review by Bill Cosford
Bill Cosford
Miami Herald