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Burbs, The(1989)

Wolff rating: FAIR

Plot summary: Strange people move in next door to a nervous man and his nervous neighbors, and they do bizarre things to investigate.

Biased, pithy comments: This is a concept movie that could have examined the inbred nature of the suburban lifestyle, but instead it has a weak premise and uninteresting characters doing largely uninteresting things. The production values are nice, and occasionally it begins to glint with insight before drifting back into mindless stupidity.

How many times I have seen it: x1

Starring: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher


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