What About Bob?
What About Bob?

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- 70/100 based on 72,731 votes
  • Released: 1991
  • Runtime: 100 mins
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  • Studio: Touchwood Pacific Partners 1
  • Genres: Comedy

Dr. Leo Marvin, an egotistical psychotherapist in New York City, is looking forward to his upcoming appearance on a "Good Morning America" telecast, during which he plans to brag about "Baby Steps," his new book about emotional disorder theories in which he details his philosophy of treating patients and their phobias. Meanwhile, Bob Wiley is a recluse who is so afraid to leave his own apartment that he has to talk himself out the door. When he is pawned off on Leo by a psych... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in What About Bob?:

Bill Murray
Richard Dreyfuss
Julie Hagerty
Charlie Korsmo
Kathryn Erbe
Tom Aldredge

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Dr. Leo Marvin, an egotistical psychotherapist in New York City, is looking forward to his upcoming appearance on a "Good Morning America" telecast, during which he plans to brag about "Baby Steps," his new book about emotional disorder theories in which he details his philosophy of treating patients and their phobias. Meanwhile, Bob Wiley is a recluse who is so afraid to leave his own apartment that he has to talk himself out the door. When he is pawned off on Leo by a psychotherapist colleague, he becomes attached to him. Leo finds Bob extremely annoying. When Leo accompanies his wife, Faye, his daughter, Anna, and his son, Sigmund, to a peaceful New Hampshire lakeside cottage for a month-long vacation, he thinks he's been freed from Bob. Leo expects to mesmerize his family with his prowess as a brilliant husband and remarkable father who knows all there is to know about instructing Faye and raising Anna and Sigmund. But Bob isn't going to let him enjoy a quiet summer by the lake. By cleverly tricking the telephone operator at Leo's exchange, Bob discovers the whereabouts of him and his family. Despite his phobia about traveling alone, Bob somehow manages to talk himself onto a bus, and he arrives in New Hampshire. Leo's vacation comes to a screeching halt the moment he sees him. With his witty personality, his ability to manipulate people, and his good sense of humor, he quickly becomes an annoyance to Leo, but not to Faye, Anna, and Sigmund, because they think he is fun while Leo is dull. Fearing that he's losing his family to him, Leo frantically tries to find a way to make him go back to New York City, and it's not as easy as he had hoped. He finds himself stepping outside the law to try to get Bob to stay away from Faye, Anna, and Sigmund--he slowly goes berserk, and makes plans to kill Bob.

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Washington Post - 8/10 by Rita KempleyBill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss star in this hilarious brain-teaser about a patient who suffers acute separation anxiety when his psychiatrist goes on vacation.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by Jonathan RosenbaumThe concept itself is so strong - particularly as a revenge fantasy for anyone who's ever resented hypocritical exploitative shrinks - that it winds up working pretty well anyway.
Time - 8/10 by Richard SchickelMurray, with his curious blend of pathos and aggressiveness, is terrific, and so is an acutely uptight Dreyfuss, never once copping a plea for our sympathy.
Washington Post - 8/10 by Desson HoweBob rests entirely on Murray's shoulders. But he more than takes the weight.
eFilmCritic.com - 8/10 by Rob GonsalvesEssentially a two-man comedy riff, of the sort we see less and less at the movies.
Common Sense Media - 8/10 by Joyce SlatonAppealingly silly romp for kids and adults.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - 8/10 by Chris HicksThere's no question that the engaging performances of Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss manage to breathe a great deal of life into the proceedings, and before it starts to run out of steam toward the end, the film provides an awful lot of laughs.
Entertainment Weekly - 7/10 by Owen GleibermanWhat About Bob? is just funny enough to make you wish it had been wilder and less predictable.
Austin Chronicle - 7/10 by Steve DavisWhat About Bob? is a one-joke movie, but what a funny joke!
Reel Film Reviews - 6/10 by David Nusair...an affable endeavor that isn't quite the comedy classic one might've anticipated.

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