
Walter Fielding and Anna Crowley must start looking for a new house--but they can't afford much. This changes when they meet a lonely con artist who sells the a beautiful mansion at a ridiculously-low price. The catch: the second they move into the house, it falls apart, starting with the stairway collapsing, to the bathtub falling through the floor, to the chimney eventually falling into the house. Finally, they must renovate the house before the frame collapses, but the ren... (Full plot summary below)
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Walter Fielding and Anna Crowley must start looking for a new house--but they can't afford much. This changes when they meet a lonely con artist who sells the a beautiful mansion at a ridiculously-low price. The catch: the second they move into the house, it falls apart, starting with the stairway collapsing, to the bathtub falling through the floor, to the chimney eventually falling into the house. Finally, they must renovate the house before the frame collapses, but the renovations also prove disastrous.
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| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Salem AlatonIf 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. |
| The A.V. ClubRob DeanIt’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. |
| MovieholeClint MorrisSometimes having the right actors in the movie can make or break it....thankfully, Hanks and Long are good |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatSlapstick comedy about the problems that come with a couple's purchase of a dilapidated suburban house. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyThis has some very, very funny bits...interspersed with a very slight film. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...enhanced by Hanks' increasingly hysterical and appropriately broad performance. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe 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. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelThe Money Pit, a miserable ripoff of the old Cary Grant comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, has nothing to do with such nuances of the human experience. Instead, it is an action comedy that regularly throws its actors around and through pieces of plywood, into and out of windows. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA movie that contains one funny scene and 91 minutes of running time to kill. |
| User ReviewEmma Plove tom hanks in anything,but this ones a beauty,makes me laugh every time. |