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Directed By
George Roy Hill
Written By:
Jeffrey Boam
Cast:
Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith, Joseph Maher, Jack Gilpin, Brad Sullivan, MacIntyre Dixon, Kevin O'Morrison, Caris Corfman, William Severs, Mike Starr, Glenn Plummer, William Duell, Helen Lloyd Breed, Kit Le Fever, Dakin Matthews, William Newman, Alice Drummond, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Bill Fagerbakke, Raynor Scheine, Reg E. Cathey, Kevin Murphy, David Williams, Kevin Conway, Sarah Michelle Gellar, George Buck, Nicholas Wyman, Peter Boyden, Dan Desmond, Brett Miller, Jamie Meyer, David Woodberry, Dennis Barr, Barbara Baker, Steve Jonas, Russell Bletzer, Evelyn McLean, Steven John, Robert Conner, Judson Duncan, Alison Hannas, Robert Ingram, Mary Johnson, Kristin Kellom, Paul Link, Darren Higgins, Audrie J. Neenan, Don Plumley, Mic Nuggette
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Funny Farm (1988)
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Movie Review by Zara 
May 18th, 2007
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The Last of Chevy's Dignity
I don't know why people decided to turn on Chevy Chase. He'd always been a little bit of a stand-offish prick in the past and he's never really done anything too different with his career to warrant people turning on him. Yet he's a comedic genius who gets less respect than Dangerfield, and personally I feel that's a shame.
This was the last of the movies that I can remember Chase doing where he did the standard Chevy thing, taking pratfalls with a straight face, losing it and going a little wild-eyed in some points. It's a movie that you have to give time, as the laughs don't really start pouring in until the movie's about halfway through.
But the laughs that are there are hardy. A fish out of water story, there really isn't anything new being done here. But I love Madolyn Smith Osborne as Chevy's suffering wife. I think having a straight woman to the funny straight man is exactly what kept this movie on track. Anyone else might have played her off as being a dumb bimbo, but she carries a sense of intelligence about her that is quite refreshing for this genre.
I think my favorite thing about watching this movie was watching it with my daughter, a 6 year old who had very earnest reactions to some of the situations with the animals. Yet through it all, she's decided that she is a fan of Chevy. And I say "bully!" for her decision.
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 | Zombie Boy
May 18, 2007 4:14 PM
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George Roy Hill (RIP) also directed The World According to Garp. Which has nothing to do with anything.
If you're on a Chase kick, you should check out Spies Like Us. It has some FABULOUS cameos. |
 | Xavier
May 18, 2007 9:31 PM
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| You are all sorts of right, I could not add anything. Still enjoyed it though. |
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May 18, 2007 7:38 PM
I didn't think of it as a kick so much as I was looking to perhaps feature MODERN PROBLEMS on The Bottom Shelf but turned out only wanting to do this one instead. (I'm thinking about pairing it with CRAZY PEOPLE, that's on the queue if you hadn't noticed.)