The Money Pit (1986)
Storyline
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buys what looks like the home of their dreams – only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything – including the kitchen sink – disappears into the 'Money Pit'.
Directors
Cast
Joe Mantegna, Carmine Caridi, Wendell Pierce, Nestor Serrano, Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter, Jake Steinfeld, Alexander Godunov, Frankie Faison, Philip Bosco, Shelley Long, Brian Backer, Josh Mostel, Yakov Smirnoff, Maureen Stapleton, Tetchie Agbayani, Leslie West, Billy Lombardo, John van Dreelen, Douglass Watson, Lucille Dobrin, Mia Dillon
Trailer
Reviews
80
You can see it coming, but it still has the delicious anticipation of the slow burn. And it all gets much worse. Director Richard Benjamin has the rare gift of knowing just where the funnybone lies, a certain taste for Keaton-esque slapstick, and a very fine comic performer in Hanks.
75
It’s not high art or sophisticated humor, but there are just enough clever turns in its physical comedy and insight into relationships to give it a bit of cult status.
63
Miami Herald
Its situation and its sight gags are marvelous, recalling the best of Spielberg's 1941. But like that movie, The Money Pit is disconnected; pieces seem missing, and subplots seem to have been abandoned in a rush. [28 Mar 1986, p.D5]
60
If you can imagine a remake of Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist in which the spirits of the dead have been shoved aside by equally loud, unruly plumbers and carpenters, you'll have some idea of The Money Pit.
60
The Money Pit grows increasingly mechanical, both in its content and in the resolution of its plot, as the effects start overwhelming this essentially modest little romantic comedy.
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