Moving (1988)

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

When it first came out in '88, I read in the newspaper that it was not well received.Years later I watched it again and I now thing it's one of the best comedies out.Randy Quaid and Richard Prior made pure humour.It would have been great to see them both in something much more intense.Each great in their own way, as a team they would be double the trouble and 5 times the fun.Far better than any Adam Sandler or Seth Rogan movie made and better than the Sandler/Rogan actors themselves.Nothing enormously award winning, but a pleasurable waste of time.

I was cleaning up my grandparents room when I stumbled upon this VHS. The comments on the VHS cover prints all praises of the movie, so I got excited. I called up my friends to ask who still has a VHS player for me to watch this movie. I was hoping that this movie is well worth the effort.Boy, I was disappointed. I feel like all my effort was in vain. The movie sucks, big time.There was not a single time I laughed. I did giggle once, when the family discovered that their new house really does not have a swimming pool, after all (the swimming poll has been taken out by the previous owner, leaving them with a huge hole in the yard, which the swimming pool used to be).The storyline is choppy, the jokes were crass, the acting were contrived. It is so not cool.A score of 2 out of 10 for this movie.

You can't beat the comedy in this movie. It's all so funny, you'll be in stitches. From the Schizophrenic SAAB driver, to the scary next door neighbour you can't get away from fast enough, to the dog who you have to put a mirror under it's nose to see if he's still breathing! And when the previous owners joke "we're taking it with us!", you have ask, "are they really just joking"... Richard Pryor, who has now left us, should be so proud of this movie, his comedy is rare and so well timed. Dana Carvey also shines, as the clean cut SAAB driver with multiple personalities. And who can forget Randy Quaid playing both parts of the neighbour from hell, both in New Jersey, and in Boise, Idaho. You'll never want to move again, but you'll die laughing at the Pear's attempt to move!PLEASE PLEASE get this movie brought to DVD!

This is one of my top ten movies as far as keeping me laughing the length of the film. Pryor does a fabulous job as Arlo Pear, the ultimate victim of a cruel and unfortunate set of events. Randy Quaid is great in two roles as the psychotic neighbor(s). The movers are great, Dana Carvey is great too. Just one of those movies I had to buy for my own collection. I love getting it out and watching it every so often and its as fresh as it was the first time I saw it. I will need to upgrade my VHS copy to DVD, if possible. Highly recommend it.