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The 'burbs
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6.5/10   19,475 votes
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Dana Olsen (written by)
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Release Date:
17 February 1989 (USA) more
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A comedy about one nice guy who gets pushed too far. more
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An overstressed suburbanite and his paramilitaric neighbor struggle to prove their paranoid theory that the new family in town is a front for a cannibalistic cult. full summary | add synopsis
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A movie you can relate to more (214 total)

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Life in the Burbs (USA) (original script title)
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101 min
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The Klopeks named the dog "Landru", probably after Henri Landru, a notorious French serial killer. more
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Continuity: The pineapple and tray under Art's arm change positions between shots. more
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Carol Peterson: Ray. Ray, where are you going? Come back to bed.
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THE SHOWDOWN more

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32 out of 46 people found the following review useful.
A movie you can relate to, 12 December 2004
10/10
Author: Ken Surette (ffprick@yahoo.com) from New Hampshire

'The 'Burbs' is a great movie and I would recommend it to anyone. Tom Hanks does a great job at playing the role of an ordinary guy with ordinary problems. Every time I watch this movie, I can really feel like I am actually there. We all have weird neighbors and can relate to what Hanks is going through. It has also been a fantasy for many of us to try and find out exactly what our neighbors are up to, but we never have the guts to do it. Movies are made so that we can escape reality for a couple of hours and feel like we are doing things that we would most likely never get to do. This movie does it better than any other movie I have seen.

Most of the other people that I have talked to have agreed with me that 'The 'Burbs' is one of the most underrated comedies ever made. I don't believe that it was unsuccessful, but it definitely doesn't get the credit it deserves. If you want to see a movie that you can relate to, then watch this.

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