THE MONEY PIT stars Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as an unmarried but together couple who decide to buy a broken down old house in the country and rebuild it. Though the film resembles the old Cray Grant-Myrna Loy film MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE, this film definitely has an 80's sensibility and showcases Hanks' effortless ability to pull off slapstick comedy. I love the scene where he falls through the carpet covering the hole in the floor and gets trapped in the hole. There are very few actors who could have pulled this scene off (Jim Carrey comes to mind) but Hanks makes the scene very funny, especially when he starts singing the "Name Game" song to pass the time. The late Alexander Goudenov is very funny as Long's ex-lover as is Maureen Stapleton as the woman they buy the house from. Not the greatest comedy ever made, but still very watchable due to the effortless charisma of one Tom Hanks.
Review of The Money Pit
