Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: May 17, 1991 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
7
Negative:
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Baltimore SunStephen Hunter
Murray is very funny in the early going when his irritation-shtick is allowed full play; when he turns doughily benign in the late going, he's much less interesting. [17 May 1991]
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Chicago TribuneClifford Terry
A broadly played, by-the-numbers comedy that pits your consummate classic nut case against your quintessential screwed-up shrink. [17 May 1991]
50
But there's still Murray, who drives the idea further than it has any right to go. He energizes the loony schtick of the opening scenes. [17 May 1991]
50
A sentimental comedy about mental illness (complete with a sitcom family), wobbly Bob offers further evidence that Disney itself may be afflicted with encroaching schizophrenia. [17 May 1991]
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Portland OregonianTed Mahar
It recalls a kind of French farce that assumes its audiences want to see the rich suffer. [18 May 1991]
25
It's a bomb - not the usual bomb, but a time bomb, despite a 20-minute stretch at the beginning that goes along nicely. [17 May 1991]