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The Money Pit

1986 · 91 min

A giddy slapstick ride where a dream home collapses in ever more absurd ways while a couple's romance wobbles and mends.

Directed by
Richard Benjamin
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov
Tagline
For everyone who's ever been deeply in love or deeply in debt.
Overview
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.

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Directed by
Richard Benjamin
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • class
    • betrayal
    • redemption
    Places
    • big city
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action5
    Horror1
    Humour8
    Realism6
    Romance6
    Tension4
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    comedy, romance
    Directed by
    Richard Benjamin
    Written by
    David Giler
    Starring
    Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, Josh Mostel, Yakov Smirnoff
    Music
    Michel Colombier
    Cinematography
    Gordon Willis
    Runtime
    91 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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