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Funny Farm

1988 · 101 min

A gentle, goofy fish-out-of-water comedy that coasts on small-town eccentricity and mild marital bickering rather than big laughs.

Directed by
George Roy Hill
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
Chevy Chase finds life in the country isn't what it's cracked up to be!
Overview
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.

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Directed by
George Roy Hill
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • found family
  • ambition
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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