The Money Pit

Universal Pictures | Release Date: March 26, 1986

6.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Ratings

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FilipeNetoFeb 12, 2018

This film tells the story of a young couple and a house. Walter is a failed showbiz agent who works for pay a lot of debts left by his father, who fled with the money of the artists. Anna is violinist in an orchestra directed by her ex-This film tells the story of a young couple and a house. Walter is a failed showbiz agent who works for pay a lot of debts left by his father, who fled with the money of the artists. Anna is violinist in an orchestra directed by her ex- husband, Max, a conductor with a blonde hair only smaller than his ego. Forced to move from their apartment, they faced the real estate jungle of Manhattan, ending up buying a big suburban house, in a deal that seems like a dream come true... but these dream will crumbling slowly, as the old house weaknesses are becoming evident, for madness of the two lovebirds and delight of the audience.

Walter is played by a young Tom Hanks, in a time where he made several comedies. Despite the youth, we can recognize many characteristics that he will develop in latter films. Anna is embodied by Shelley Long, a actress very skilled in comedies. Joe Mantegna also has a role as Art Shirk, a quite wealthy plumber. The film was directed by David Giler and Steven Spielberg, and is the beginning of a good partnership between Spielberg and Hanks who will result in successes like "Saving Private Ryan". Context and situational jokes prevails, as well as the hilarious grimacing of the two main actors and a fabulous (and famous) Hanks laugh, well-remembered by those who like this film. In the midst of so many good points, just one less good note: I believe the script superficially explores the comic opportunities brought about by love triangle Walter-Anna-Max, introducing conflict elements very late and giving them light solutions.

In the beginning, this comedy doesn't seem to have anything new or special. It's just a comedy from the Eighties, a decade when this genre was very exploited and, to be honest, battered by several absolutely disastrous films. But is exactly by that, partially, why "Money Pit" deserves to be noteworthy: because it's good and works so well. This film, a remake of a Forties comedy, is a guarantee of laughter, no matter we're watching for the first time or the hundredth in our lives. It's always funny.… Expand

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