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There Goes the Neighborhood

1992 · 88 min

A breezy, chaotic caper that keeps you smiling with its silly suburban scheming and screwball energy.

Tagline
A Hot Comedy About Cold Cash.
Overview
A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the New Jersey suburbs to find it. Two prisoners overhear the plan and escape to get the millions for themselves. Who will get the money?

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • crime
  • deception
  • love
  • family
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour8
Realism4
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime, romance
Directed by
Bill Phillips
Written by
Bill Phillips
Starring
Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Héctor Elizondo, Rhea Perlman, Judith Ivey, Harris Yulin, Jonathan Banks, Dabney Coleman
Cinematography
Walt Lloyd
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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