Get out the hammer and nails. For a couple buying a house this should be a dream come true, however for Tom Hanks and Shelley Long they find the home of their dreams is anything but. Being somewhat in already debt, this house only plunges them deeper with only their love holding them together. But that connection is also tested, as one minor disaster leads onto another mishap and again another seeing everything including the kitchen sink succumbs to the money pit. Like Hanks mutters "I'm sinking into the money pit".
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, Walter and Anna need to find somewhere to live and they come across an old house in the country. The house looks perfect, but they seem unsure to why it's selling so cheap. "Why would someone sell a million dollar house for 200 thousand"? Without any hesitation they purchase it and as soon as they move in they realise that the house is virtually falling apart. In the process of trying to repair the shambles it starts to cause a strain on their relationship.
Produced by Steven Spielberg. Richard Benjamin was chosen to direct and populates this flavoursome loud, accident prone romantic comedy with madcap visual gags with the combination of Hanks and Long being charmingly projected. The script is bright and snappy (loved the on- going missile quips "You testing missiles here or what?") with an old- fashion story that's symbolic in its depiction of love and commitment within an elaborate death-trap. What starts of with a narrative becomes a series of problematically creative sketches (sinking carpet) with amusing side-characters. Alexander Godunov is good fun as Anne's pushy European ex-boyfriend and there's fitting small roles for Joe Mantegna, Maureen Stapleton, Philip Bosco and Josh Mostel. Plus the motley crew of workers in what feels like a circus parade have some familiar faces in Mike Starr, Frankie Faison, Nestor Serrano and Jake Steinfeld.
"The Money Pit" is a strangely transfixing mid-80s comedy that simply brings down the house.
"Ah, home crap home".
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, Walter and Anna need to find somewhere to live and they come across an old house in the country. The house looks perfect, but they seem unsure to why it's selling so cheap. "Why would someone sell a million dollar house for 200 thousand"? Without any hesitation they purchase it and as soon as they move in they realise that the house is virtually falling apart. In the process of trying to repair the shambles it starts to cause a strain on their relationship.
Produced by Steven Spielberg. Richard Benjamin was chosen to direct and populates this flavoursome loud, accident prone romantic comedy with madcap visual gags with the combination of Hanks and Long being charmingly projected. The script is bright and snappy (loved the on- going missile quips "You testing missiles here or what?") with an old- fashion story that's symbolic in its depiction of love and commitment within an elaborate death-trap. What starts of with a narrative becomes a series of problematically creative sketches (sinking carpet) with amusing side-characters. Alexander Godunov is good fun as Anne's pushy European ex-boyfriend and there's fitting small roles for Joe Mantegna, Maureen Stapleton, Philip Bosco and Josh Mostel. Plus the motley crew of workers in what feels like a circus parade have some familiar faces in Mike Starr, Frankie Faison, Nestor Serrano and Jake Steinfeld.
"The Money Pit" is a strangely transfixing mid-80s comedy that simply brings down the house.
"Ah, home crap home".