The Money Pit [Blu-ray]

The night I closed on my first house I ordered a pizza and watched The Money Pit. At the time, it was just about the funniest thing I had ever seen. Two poor unsuspecting lovebirds get suckered into buying what they *think* is the house of their dreams, only to have everything under the sun go wrong. It was so over the top absurd that I laughed myself silly.Fast-forward five years and I have a WHOLE new appreciation for this movie. I bought a "fixer-upper" with stars in my eyes, dreaming about all the DIY projects that were going to be *so* much fun. Hah. There's a scene in this movie that has become my all-time FAVORITE scene in ANY movie. Tom Hanks gets out of the cab and sighs, saying "Ah. Home Crap Home." Every single time something has gone wrong in my house (the roof, the water heater, the foundation, ants eating through the siding - you name it) I remember this movie and start laughing. Home Crap Home. I can completely, totally, 100% RELATE to this movie, which makes it even funnier (if that's even possible).Anyone who is thinking of buying a house should watch this movie. Anyone who has ever bought a house should watch this movie. Yes, even if you've got a great house with no problems (do those even exist??) - you should watch this movie. And anyone who has ever dealt with a contractor should watch this movie.Tom Hanks and Shelley Long are masters of comedy and their chemistry together is brilliant. I'm giggling even as I write this, thinking of the birth control scene, the turkey scene, the scaffolding scene...and I've easily seen this movie a hundred times (or more). It doesn't matter that it's from the 80s. This is just as relevant, funny, and touching today as it was the day it hit the theaters.The Money Pit is a must have for any homeowner. It's exactly what you need when the ceiling starts dripping. Trust me.

A couple of scenes this 'renovation of an old house' movie left me gasping. Tom Hanks and Shelley Long pair off comically. I've lived through some dyi which helped me empathize with their disasters. Made 1986 I think it still reflects challenges of renovation. It's hilarious.

Saw this years ago in the theater. It still holds up. Hanks is very funny in this film. Plenty of comedy throughout this and well worth the price of admission. No holes in this story. Very delightful!

This is the movie dedicated to all of us who have bought a house and discovered it needed a little work. Tom Hanks and Shelly Long are the "lucky" couple to buy the house and have to beg, borrow, and steal to pay for all the repairs. From the repair foreman, of the strangest repair crew ever assembled, telling Tom Hanks that everything will be done in four weeks, four weeks, four weeks to Tom Hanks falling into the white wash and destroying all the scaffolding to Alexander Godunov telling Shelly Long "I am shallow and self-centered, I will get over you." Just be prepared to laugh.

I can't believe this movie is 25 years old. The best thing about it, though, is that EVERY time I watch it, I laugh out loud. Very few movies have done that for me, and if I knew how to get in touch with Mr. Hanks, I would personally thank him.Surrounded with a cast of characters that are every homeowners' repair nightmare, Hanks and Shelly Long attempt to revive a lemon of a mansion. The movie is worth every penny if just for "the kitchen scene" and "Tom on the scaffold".I really don't want to give more away, than to assure all who might have not seen this gem, or, know Tom Hanks only as "Forrest Gump" or from "Sleepless in Seattle", that in the early and mid-eighties Hanks showed a comic genius streak that I wish he would try to retrieve once more.

I was crying and smiling when I was watching this movie, because I'm looking for my dream house, and it is soooo difficult to make a decision on what to buy! It's my money and never know later that what a lemon you could buy. Very generous movie! All movies wiht cast of Tom Hanks are generous and worth to see for your live experience! Love his castings and Spielberg's job!

One of my favorite comedies starring Tom Hanks, who's a great comedic actor before he became known for dramas.I liked Shelly Long as well from Cheers. The slapstick and physical comedy is great and you really can't help but laugh to see the house collapsing before their eyes. All's well that ends well so the ending satisfies. It was great to find this movie in blu-ray format.

This has been a favorite of mine since it came out!!

This is a review of the 2016 All Region Blu-ray from Universal Pictures, which comes with a small number of extras. Although reasonably old and fairly basic, this disc provides a very good edition of this 90 minute comedy film.In 1948, H. C. Potter directed comedy icons Cary Grant and Myrna Loy in a sweet, funny film version of Eric Hodkins’ 1946 novel ‘Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House’. That film is full of wonderful set pieces, but is particularly enriched by brilliantly written dialogue. This 1986 film, which has Steven Spielberg as Executive Producer, has been described as an ‘unofficial remake’. In truth, the screenplay is entirely new, there is no reference to ‘Mr Blandings…’, and the reason that the 1980s couple buy their wreck is entirely different from the one driving the Blandings ~ but there is a family resemblance.In this film, the unwise couple are played by Tom Hanks as Walter, in one of his earliest roles, and Shelley Long as Anna, his Orchestral violinist girlfriend. They are very good, very believably naive and desperate, and incredibly likeable. And as with ‘Mr Blandings…’, there are several very funny and nicely colourful supporting characters, such as Alexander Godunov as the utterly self-obsessed conductor, Max; and Joe Mantegna and Carmine Caridi, as the decidedly dubious local contractors, Art and Brad Shirk.They are blessed by a film as chock-full of excellent visual gags, stunts and set pieces as the earlier film. The director was Richard Benjamin, who moved from acting to film and TV directing. This is probably his best-known work, which is a pity, as some of his direction here is inspired; one feels that anyone who could deliver some of the fast-paced action on display in this film, had a whole lot more to give. Some of the choreography is quite stunning, and I advise watching some of the film from behind the settee, if you are (like us) in the process of moving house! If there is a puzzle, it is probably why anyone voluntarily purchases such a mansion (it is on Long Island, and was built in 1898, in the ‘Colonial’ style) but it is very enticing.I’d suggest that the dialogue, whilst it is witty, is not quite as inspired as ‘Mr Blandings…’, but on the other hand, this is a handsome colour film, and the musical score is especially attractive. We are treated to Bach, Donizetti and Sammy Davis Jr.Various critics have expressed the view that this film is really one long sight gag that slightly runs out of steam. That is true to a degree, and in a way, perhaps the film underperforms, given the lovable stars and the engaging premise. But this remains a very funny, very gentle, very enjoyable film, and 90 minutes of Tom Hanks is rarely a waste of time. 4 warm and charming Stars.

I remembered watching this when I was much younger and had very vague memories of enjoying it, and luckily those memories turned out to be pretty accurate, not going senile just yet!The basic plot is a lovely couple who manage to bag a bargain mansion and then find it needs virtually replacing piece by piece hence the title, Hanks and Long have very good chemistry and sell the ridiculously long list of things that happen to them as believable, unlikely but funnily believable, and the films running time seems to fly by and you go through the tribulations with them just hoping it will all resolve itself, of course I'm not going to ruin the ending, but it does more than satisfy the time spent.

Der Film ist heute geliefert worden , ich musste ihn gleich sehen 😎 Der Film hat an Witz und Gefühl nicht verloren, er ist immer noch Hammer ! Desweiteren ist der absolute Knüller , das die original Tonspur auf dieser Bluray ist !!!! Es ist die original Tonspur ( im Menü Kino Spur genannt ) natürlich auf Deutsch 👌👌 die so genannte TV Spur ist auch drauf und ebenfalls im Menü wählbar ( auch Deutsch ) diese ist aber neu synchronisiert ...sie ist bei weitem nicht so gut wie die Originale Kino Spur !!! Es ist sehr löblich das die Macher dieser Bluray die Originale Tonfassung drauf gepackt haben ! Denn nur so kommt der Film richtig rüber ! 👌 zur Bildqualität bleibt zu sagen , das sie sehr gut ist , man darf nicht vergessen das es sich hier um einen Film von 1986 handelt , der überarbeitet wurde... dieses ist aber sehr gut gelungen ! Den Kauf dieser Bluray kann ich nur empfehlen ! 1****

The Money Pit is directed by Richard Benjamin and written by David Giler. It stars Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov and Maureen Stapleton. Music is by Michael Colombier and cinematography by Gordon Willis. Plot finds Hanks and Long as a young couple who buy what they think is their dream house, only to find the house falling apart around them.Mozart is dead, his troubles are over.He went on to be a big mover in the acting world did Tom Hanks, so much so it's always a little weird revisiting his comedy output in the 1980s because he's a vastly different actor. Yet for many of us, that decade holds many treasures, where nostalgic fever takes a hold and a warm glow does come with watching the young Hanks bound about with comedic glee. The Money Pit doesn't have the cult worship of Splash or the internet respect of Big, yet it's a wonderfully funny picture that finds Hanks on optimum energised form. The plot might be thin and Long kind of gets pushed to one side, but this has much to enjoy with a bottle of vino and snacks. That is, of course, if you don't mind laughing at the misfortune of new home owners?!I am sinking fast into the money pit.A number of sequences are pure farce, but in the good way, stairs collapse, as does the chimney, doors, floors and a leaking roof bring the mirth, as does a laugh out loud bath moment. It sounds a little chaotic, and it is at times, but the screenplay allows Hanks & Long, and the wonderful Godunov, time to breath life into the characters. There's a lovely romance at the core of the story, one that inevitably will be tested by the chaos of the house renovations and Godunov's third party ex. They are a very likable couple and easy to root for. Helps that Hanks is full of effervescent boyishness and Long is so pretty, the latter of which I don't think has ever looked better than during a red dress sequence here.If the foundation is OK? Then everything else can be fixed.It doesn't have any surprises in store, it goes exactly where you expect it too, which naturally renders the final third as being all about the sentiment and the message. With the comedy gone, picture struggles a touch to put the final coat of paint on the project. But it's nicely underplayed by the actors and really this is about love triumphant against adversity. With the laughs that came previously more than making this a blues lifter for the nostalgic amongst us. 7.5/10

I chose to watch this after watching the Cary Grant original, upon which it is based and I;m afraid that this film is a poor relation to the original. Not one of Hanks best works.