The Burbs (1989)
I’ve been watching a lot of new movies recently. Last week I went back in time to 1989 and what has to be a classic fun movie. Forget the average imdb score, this is one time where it really doesn’t reflect the quality of the movie.
Tom Hanks stars in this comedy (he cut his teeth on comedies) about a suburban cul-de-sac where a new family, the Klopeks, have moved in. Strange noises in the middle of the night accompanied by flashes of light and unusually odd behaviour are the norm for the Klopeks whose front yard dies shortly after they move in and no one sees them leaving or entering their home for a month. The quiet cul-de-sac littered with interesting characters who are more than curious is all of a sudden marred by a black sheep. When a neighbour disappears suspicion turns our suburbanites into a comedic lynch mob of sorts. A recipe for hilarity.