While I am the first to admit that a little Pee Wee Herman goes a VERY LONG WAY, I must admit that I enjoyed this film. That's because the movie is fun and silly from start to finish. Plus, there are enough separate episodes that the movie does not rely completely on Paul Rubens' mugging--and that is definitely the problem with the followup film, BIG TOP PEE WEE. Instead, a wonderful and creative script pull you into a strange world of adventure. Considering just how weird and fun this surrealistic world is, it certainly should not come as any surprise that the movie was directed by Tim Burton in one of his earliest films.
The plot of the film is pretty irrelevant, as it's just a silly excuse to travel America in search of strange friends and bizarre adventures. The film is all about Pee Wee looking everywhere for his stolen bicycle--and that's really it! But the journey is so odd and funny that the thread-bare plot is just fine! You get to see Pee Wee in drag, meet and befriend a motorcycle gang, see Twisted Sister, hitchhike a ride from a ghost, and many other strange things. Each of these adventures is handled in a very tongue-in-cheek manner and the fun is infectious. The only thing is, after an entire movie of the asexual and creepy Pee Wee, I think I was finished and had no desire for more.
The plot of the film is pretty irrelevant, as it's just a silly excuse to travel America in search of strange friends and bizarre adventures. The film is all about Pee Wee looking everywhere for his stolen bicycle--and that's really it! But the journey is so odd and funny that the thread-bare plot is just fine! You get to see Pee Wee in drag, meet and befriend a motorcycle gang, see Twisted Sister, hitchhike a ride from a ghost, and many other strange things. Each of these adventures is handled in a very tongue-in-cheek manner and the fun is infectious. The only thing is, after an entire movie of the asexual and creepy Pee Wee, I think I was finished and had no desire for more.