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The 'Burbs
Settling in for some time off in his suburban home, Ray Peterson's vacation becomes a horror when the Klopeks, a suspiciously odd family, move in down the block. After sending his family away on a trip, Ray and two of his neighbors try to prove their paranoid theory that the new family on the block are part of a murderous cult.
27 October 1953, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
17 November 1928, Oklahoma, USA
15 February 1914, Seattle, Washington, USA
2 July 1954, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 July 1952, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
26 May 1959, Wisconsin, USA
11 May 1972, Santa Monica, California, USA
25 December 1928, The Bronx, New York, USA
7 February 1977, Los Angeles County, California, USA
1975, USA
10 April 1969, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
June 15, 2015
One of Dante's most enjoyable films.
August 30, 2004
The Burbs is a big unfurnished movie about some very small characters living in a suburbia that is consciously designed to look like sit-com land.
March 26, 2009
Director Joe Dante funnels his decidedly cracked view of suburban life through dark humour in The 'Burbs.
February 22, 2017
This black comedy is often hilarious, but is betrayed by an ending forced on Dante by the film's producers.
February 22, 2017
One of the most consistently overlooked movies of the 80s.
February 22, 2017
Tom Hanks should forfeit his Academy Award nomination for Big, now that preview audiences have gotten a look at The `Burbs.
February 22, 2017
This movie was directed by Joe Dante, whose style has become increasingly broad and abrasive since he made the clever Gremlins back in 1984.
February 22, 2017
[Director Joe Dante] excels at this sort of thing and delivers an intriguing picture, even though it threatens to stray into David Lynch territory but ultimately cops out. Bruce Dern and Carrie Fisher offer fine support to the affable Hanks.
February 22, 2017
The script would like to be a horror film, a comedy and a commentary on suburban living, but it doesn't hit any target.
February 09, 2006
Characteristically, Dante's nonchalant attitude towards plot structure makes for erratic pacing (the last half hour does flag), but that's part and parcel of his breathless, anarchic style.
February 22, 2017
The 'Burbs doesnit quite go the distance, but for most of its length it is a superbly inventive, insightful and funny black comedy.
March 02, 2017
A fairly disappointing flop...