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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelThe year`s funniest movie to date.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFunny Farm is kind of a loony, off-center comedy version of Hill's "The World According to Garp," another movie about strange people in bizarre situations.
- 63Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneChevy Chase doesn't seem to have enough to do in "Funny Farm." He's a physical actor whose appeal can turn flat if he spends too much camera time sitting at a typewriter or working on his love relationship. Smith, as Elizabeth, is gorgeous and competent, but she lacks the comic verve of Beverly d'Angelo, Chase's memorable co-star in the National Lampoon series. This is a vehicle that does a lot for its supporting character actors and almost nothing for its stars. [3 June 1988, p.B]
- 63Miami HeraldHal BoedekerMiami HeraldHal BoedekerFunny Farm adds up to enjoyable but uneven summer entertainment that seconds the Green Acres credo: "Farm livin' is the life for me." [3 June 1988, p.D5]
- 50The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyFunny Farm is good-natured even when it's not funny...As a comedy style, it has the impatience of a child who plants radish seeds and then pulls up the first tiny sprouts to see how they're doing.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonFunny Farm --a weak-fish-out-of-water comedy about a New York City couple who see their rural paradise turned into a rustic hell--is a movie with a doubly deceptive title. This movie isn't about a farm, and it isn't very funny, either.
- 40Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonThe problem is that the director, George Roy Hill, tries to construct a real universe around Chase and his costar. And for a time he's able to give the comedy some snap. But after the couple settle in their new home and nightmare piles on nightmare, the picture deteriorates into a shtickfest and the sense of reality drags on the proceedings.
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAlthough it aspires to subversive social satire, FUNNY FARM seems little more than a dumb comedy more determined to make people guffaw than to think.
- 20Tampa Bay TimesHal LipperTampa Bay TimesHal LipperFunny Farm is one of the dullest, most predictable movies in Chevy Chase's and director George Roy Hill's spotty careers. It's on par with Chase's Modern Problems and Hill's A Little Romance. This picture is not destined to be fondly remembered in their memoirs. [3 June 1988, p.8]