DVD : The 'Burbs

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783233512
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783233515
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCAD20528D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 04, 1999
Running Time: 101 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1989

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Hanks is a mild-mannered suburbanite whose idyllic neighborhood is turned upside-down when a suspicious family moves in. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/03/2003 Starring: Tom Hanks Bruce Dern Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg

Amazon.com:
Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) would like nothing better than to spend a quiet week’s vacation in his suburban home, drinking beer and watching TV. But, spurred on by his two friends’ spinning of boyish paranoid fantasies about their reclusive neighbors, the Klopeks, the usually down-to-earth Ray begins to suspect his idyllic neighborhood has been invaded by an evil force, to the point where he and his friends become psychotically nosey. You see where this is going, and you see it from a mile off. Only the general surface-thin plot is somewhat offset by director Joe Dante’s fine sense of the absurd, and a host of engagingly played neighbor-types, namely Rick Ducommun as Ray’s best friend who’s always proposing bad ideas, and Bruce Dern as a sometimes wild-eyed ex-vet who’d love some action. Dante and crew seem to have a knack for keeping these broad characterizations light enough that you don’t mind their superficiality. But the best jokes in this unprepossessing film come from composer Jerry Goldsmith’s score; Bruce Dern’s presence, for instance, is announced by the theme from Patton, and the boys’ first approach to the Klopeks’ for a meet-and-greet is buttressed by classic strains from Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns. Kudos to the Klopeks, for their evil ways are ably embodied by Henry Gibson, Courtney Gains, and Brother Theodore. In particular, any suburb that finds it’s inhabited by the likes of Brother Theodore is in dire need of new zoning laws. But Carrie Fisher’s role as Ray’s amiably long-suffering wife is thankless, and she deserves better. –Jim Gay

Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The burbs
Most wonderful, funny movie loved it and would recomend it to any one. very good indeed!!!!

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The ‘Burbs
Very good comedy by Tom Hanks. Suspicions arise when strange neighbors move in from Europe. When neighbors decide to take matters into their own hands based on their assumptions, things quickly get out of hand.

Very good family Halloween movie.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great Movie
This has got to be one of my favorite movies. It has a bit of comedy and a little scare here and there but all in all a wonderful movie. I watch it evey chance I get.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - When Neighborhoods Fight Back
This is a superbly farcical dark comedy. There are, surprisingly, many layers of subtle humor in this otherwise madcap comedy. It may take a number of times watching this movie before you begin to see some of the more subtle jokes that often happen in the background.

As always, Tom Hanks is great, but the supporting cast does an equally superb job in their respective roles: the former soldier across the street; the childish, simplistic neighbor who drags the world down to his level; … Read More

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Beyond strange.
The ‘Burbs is one of the strangest films starring Tom Hanks. Parts of this dark comedy are good and funny but mostly this film is a mess. Hanks saves this film and Carrie Fisher is pretty good as well but the plot is bizzarre. I won’t give away too much but expect a quirky tale, I think I like Corey Feldman, it’s a sick 1980s crush, give The ‘Burbs a viewing soon.