The 'Burbs
One of rare Tom Hanks films I've seen, done in his earlier time. Tom Hanks plays a suburban guy on vacation, a regular husband and father, but who is bored of that. It's where he becomes obssessive with spying his newly offbeat neighbors. And that's more or less it. The plot is paper thin, but this is not about the plot. It's about the characters. And it rather serves as a statement on asshole, noisy neighbors, obssesed with what's going on the other side of the lawn. For most of the time, things go predictable route and you'd think you already know how it'll end, with worth seeing Hanks going batshit crazy, while giving a moral lecture on who is real neighbor from hell, comes a rather unpredictable twist that saves the movie from being total cliche. Given that this is Joe Dante's film, one can see his usual cast of characters in minor roles (Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, Henry Gibson). Overall, somewhat funny, but utterly mundane comedy.
