Rating of
3/4
Suburban nightmare...er...laughfest
goodfellamike - wrote on 04/10/08
The burbs is a dark, twisted and altogether hilarious suburban comedy; endlessly quotable, perfectly cast (especially Bruce Dern and Henry Gibson) and full of surprises. My top 10 favorite moments: 10) Just how much food Ducommun is prepared to eat in his first scene (including pancakes, french toast, bacon, eggs, sausage, a bottle of syrup, dogfood, a pineapple and ribs.) 9) Dern screaming he's going to catch the dog and "staple his @$$ shut" 8) Hanks throwing his coffee at the paperboy. 7) When they're throwing garbage all over the street and arguing. 6) The way Ruben is staring at Hanks during the housewarming visit. 5) Dern eating animal crackers while on the roof and soon after, "Yo, Rumsfield!" and he falls off the roof and shoots out a car window. 4) Dern and Ducommun ringing the doorbell and the subsequent scene in Hanks' backyard where they find the bone. 3) "Hey, Pinocchio. Where are you goin'?" 2) Dern ripping off a segment of wallpaper from the Klopek's living room. 1) After falling through the porch, Dern nonchalantly exclaiming, "there go the $@%&*!* brownies!"