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MadHouse

1990 · 90 min

A frantic, cartoonish farce where smug comfort is steadily buried under escalating houseguest mayhem and one absurd disaster after another.

Directed by
Tom Ropelewski
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
The bad news is you have houseguests. There is no good news.
Overview
The luxurious villa of Mark and Jessie Bannister, a yuppie couple, is overrun by loads of uninvited guests who turn the house up side down.

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Directed by
Tom Ropelewski
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • madness
  • greed
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
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
Realism5
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
John Larroquette, Kirstie Alley, John Diehl, Alison La Placa, Jessica Lundy, Bradley Gregg, Dennis Miller, Robert Ginty
Music
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Runtime
90 min
Country
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Languages
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