The Money Pit (1986)

A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house. (imdb)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Directed By: Richard Benjamin
Written By: David Giler
Starring: Maureen Stapleton, Tom Hanks, Josh Mostel, Joe Mantegna, Alexander Godunov, Shelley Long, Michael Jeter, Philip Bosco, Nestor Serrano, Wendell Pierce, Carmine Caridi, Yakov Smirnoff

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The Money Pit belongs to 7 collections
1. #1 at the US Box Office (public: moderated by BeeDub - 6 stars)
2. Classic CHUD: 100 Movies That Deserve More Love (public: moderated by tinysausage - 5 stars)
3. Films shot by Gordon Willis (public: moderated by Alex Watkins - 1 star)
4. Tom Hanks (public: moderated by lesharle)
5. Moving (public: moderated by saudade)
6. Netflix USA (private: mpowell - 7 stars)
7. My (elhenzo) Movie Collection (private: elhenzo)
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Feb 24 | AD101192! | 67 50% |
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PedroPT | 70 0% |
Feb 19 | beukeboom | 70 51% |
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Feb 15 | apu11 | 70 0% |
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Feb 06 | bingagain24 | 65 70% |
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Jan 27 | skywurz | 80 77% |
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Jan 16 | DIYARBAKIR | 65 23% |
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Jan 12 | Rollo Tomasi | 60 0% |
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Jan 07 | shureg | 60 25% |
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eminsr | 62 16% |
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tk421dom | 65 43% |
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Vansteph | 71 39% |
Dec 06, 2020 | lefterisd99 | 50 26% |
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jozef | 15 8% |
Nov 21, 2020 | napouser | 100 97% |
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selingoknar | 53 9% |
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Opio | 60 57% |
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krayner2814 | 54 43% |
Aug 06, 2020 | JPFerguson | 65 49% |
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Just the right amount of ridiculous to be funny and not stupid. Hanks is really finding his feet here (or not, those stairs!) as a comedic actor which he'd perfect in the coming years. Perhaps the most satisfying aspect of his performance is the physical humour.
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Aug 02, 2020 | fanfic | 60 19% |
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Jul 31, 2020 | ![]() |
Hawkins | 71 47% |
Tom Hanks is so fucking charming his house explodes.
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Jul 14, 2020 | colmener | 69 43% |
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Jul 04, 2020 | kappeuter | 70 67% |
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Jul 01, 2020 | ![]() |
nobamba | 30 14% |
Never delivers on its promising beginning. Shelly Long and Tom Hanks alone were not enough to keep things interesting. It would have helped to have a 3rd person at the house to mix things up; maybe the fat friend. Long was kind of a dependent side character to Hanks so she didn't get to do much on her own except to create conflict for him. Fav scene: the sequence of Hanks going through various means of destroying the scaffolding to opera music.
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TheShiznit | 39 37% |
Jun 13, 2020 | D Lightman | 60 41% |
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Jun 12, 2020 | worleyjamers | 63 40% |
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Jun 10, 2020 | Mr Vincent | 40 18% |
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May 10, 2020 | jnzeliex | 49 15% |
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Apr 28, 2020 | flipperrbm | 4 37% |
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Apr 24, 2020 | styates | 70 57% |
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Apr 24, 2020 | steveoh | 50 24% |
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Apr 22, 2020 | ![]() |
Dorkovsky | 2 13% |
Apr 20, 2020 | ![]() |
thatyoungm | 83 30% |
The Money Pit has good intentions, but it's really too paper thin of a plot to rise above its source material. Tom Hanks and Shelley Long throw themselves into their characters and their manic energy keeps a lot of the scenes afloat. There are some funny slapstick moments, but the film feels like a weird melodrama forced into a Three Stooges film and it mostly is too disjointed to work.
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Apr 20, 2020 | abesempire | 90 75% |
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Apr 18, 2020 | rockway | 45 28% |
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Apr 16, 2020 | konekonoir | 2 10% |
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Apr 12, 2020 | mgr5951 | 70 7% |
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Apr 11, 2020 | seso2127 | 75 33% |
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Apr 08, 2020 | GavanRex | 79 25% |
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Mar 29, 2020 | mjoc0723 | 60 57% |
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Mar 15, 2020 | TimGray | 82 11% |
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Mar 09, 2020 | jimmyp | 30 8% |
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I really do not like this film. I love Hanks and Long, but man is this film just the pits.
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tsebben | 50 20% |
Feb 23, 2020 | ![]() |
DSouza_Vasco | 75 66% |
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jobsbronson | 11 44% |
Jan 29, 2020 | Tarnop | 70 33% |
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HKi | 60 21% |
Jan 26, 2020 | Forner | 75 14% |
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Jan 17, 2020 | Kevin Ruffo | 74 20% |
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Jan 08, 2020 | Fezzington | 61 8% |
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Dec 16, 2019 | ![]() |
Flekk710 | 59 38% |
Dec 12, 2019 | ![]() |
BillyShears | 70 53% |
I'll still take zany Hanks over drama Hanks.
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Dec 12, 2019 | jtora | 60 33% |
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Nov 28, 2019 | TJDixon2 | 30 0% |
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Nov 22, 2019 | mightyball | 70 37% |
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AgentSnipe | 75 40% |
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Aug 02, 2019 | bolinek | 25 17% |
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Jul 30, 2019 | ltremaine | 56 14% |
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Jul 29, 2019 | StegSchreck | 60 38% |
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Jul 24, 2019 | caprimode | 70 48% |
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Mar 02, 2019 | ogedayk | 73 44% |
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chmul_cr0n | 70 55% |
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Jun 13, 2017 | connorjdc | 80 51% |
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stuie299 | 65 23% |
Hanks and Long are likable enough, but the whole thing is too directionless, and the laughs are almost non existent. They could have done more with the builders as that was the only part even remotely close to being funny. A comedy about a desperate couple fixing up a seemingly nice house that's actually riddled with problems is a good premise, but outside of the two leads it just wasn't executed very well. Plus it had hardly any 80's charm to fall back on.
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May 24, 2017 | wambat182 | 79 62% |
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Apr 09, 2017 | VileVixen | 90 50% |
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SirStuckey | 60 36% |
The movie's nothing special but watchable and has a few fun moments.
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bacon&adidas | 50 8% |
Mar 21, 2017 | larshallgren | 60 27% |
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Mar 20, 2017 | Candiru | 55 24% |
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Nov 08, 2016 | Beanie | 65 49% |
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Nov 04, 2016 | jerrywarton | 72 77% |
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nauru | 30 21% |
This is a relatively entertaining film with an emphasis on physical comedy. There are quite a few chuckles from the remarkable screen presence of Tom Hanks. The scaffolding scene is particularly memorable. Unfortunately my score is dragged way down by the ending, which was a huge disappointment. The writing was so good for the first two thirds of the film, and then it falls off a cliff.
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Oct 30, 2016 | imdbtv | 59 33% |
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Oct 24, 2016 | myfavchords | 48 5% |
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This movie has a flimsy premise that is stretched very thin. The script is weak and very one note. Tom Hanks and Shelley Long have very little chemistry with each other. Overall this comedy is disappointing.
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Oct 09, 2016 | columbusbob | 60 42% |
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Sep 27, 2016 | ERogers | 20 15% |
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Sep 15, 2016 | jffrakes | 70 50% |
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philamental | 66 45% |
Having bought and renovated a house recently, so much of this was painfully but amusingly recognisable! Quite a silly but enjoyable farce for the most part, but then the 'cheating' sub plot comes out of nowhere and changes the tone of the film completely. That latter section didn't work well for me and had a really rushed/forced arc resolution, but isn't enough to completely ruin the overall comedic value of the movie.
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Sep 06, 2016 | Devilhawk | 70 47% |
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May 17, 2016 | N/A | 60 17% |
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May 15, 2016 | thomas_d | 89 46% |
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May 05, 2016 | shaydya | 60 40% |
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Ytadel | 4 42% |
"I love The Money Pit. That is my answer to that statement."
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Apr 17, 2016 | Mrcfadden | 35 11% |
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CameronMB | 60 28% |
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ShogunRua | 39 31% |
Was there a mass hypnosis in the 80s that made people find Shelley Long hot? It's the only explanation for why a Plain Jane blonde with zero tits and ass is treated as super desirable both here and on Cheers. The comedy is carried by Hanks. That has a severe drawback as you end up liking his lovable loser character far more than you do Long's arrogant cunt (the only character she is capable of). So when she betrays him and they inevitably get back together, it leaves a sour taste in one's mouth.
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Apr 15, 2016 | dellair45 | 18 11% |
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One of those movies you forget you ever watched 20 minutes after finishing it. It is comparable to a lot of the work Tom Hanks was doing at the time. There's an odd feel to the movie that comes from a mixture of weak writing, weak acting, outlandish happenings, and bad eighties music.
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Apr 11, 2016 | chhe | 77 32% |
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Dec 31, 2015 | Evan Waters | 87 41% |
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Average Percentile 39.13% from 973 Ratings | ![]() |