Funny farm
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Funny farm |
| Original title | Funny farm |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | George Roy Hill |
| script | Jeffrey Boam |
| production | Bruce Bodner , Robert Crawford , Patrick Kelley |
| music | Elmer Bernstein |
| camera | Miroslav Ondříček |
| cut | Alan Heim |
| occupation | |
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Funny Farm is a US film comedy by George Roy Hill from the year 1988 . The plot is based on a novel by Jay Cronley .
action
The New York couple Andy and Elizabeth Farmer move to the small town of Redbud in New England . Andy, a writer, wants to write a novel there, for which he has already received the deposit.
After a while, Andy is visited by his publisher. Since he did not write a novel, he gives the publisher his wife's children's book as his own. A little later, the enthusiastic publisher calls the Farmers, Elizabeth answers. When she learns of the deception, she gets angry and wants a divorce. The house is to be sold.
The farmers promise the local residents money if they are nice to the potential house buyers and pretend small-town idyll like in the magazines from the 1930s / 1940s. One of the favors is a local choir singing Christmas carols to those interested. The farmers' dog digs up part of a human skeleton and brings it to Elizabeth - just as interested parties visit the house. Elizabeth hits him on the head and takes his bones off.
The Farmers decide to stay in Redbud together. The locals - cheated out of the promised money - are initially angry. Later, the farmers and their neighbors get along again after the farmers pay the promised head bonus. Elizabeth becomes pregnant.
Reviews
Hal Hinson wrote in the Washington Post on June 3, 1988 that the character of Andy Farmer looked more like a "real" person than the characters previously played by Chevy Chase. However, its cinematic environment would not seem real. Hinson praised the portrayal of Madolyn Smith Osborne.
In the lexicon of international film , the film is described as a "lengthy sequence of scenes that relies too much on situation comedy without a convincing plot", which "despite all the turbulence leaves satirical swipes at a fashionable escape from the city fizzled out".
The film critics of TV Spielfilm complain that the jokes in the film are “no longer completely fresh”, but praise Chevy Chase's game “in the fight against the forces of nature”.
background
The film was shot in three locations in the US state of Vermont : Grafton , Townshend and Windsor . It grossed approximately $ 25.5 million in US cinemas .
swell
- ^ Review by Hal Hinson
- ↑ Funny Farm. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 5, 2017 .
- ↑ TV feature film
- ↑ Filming locations for Funny Farm
- ^ Business Data for Funny Farm
Web links
- Funny Farm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Funny Farm at Rotten Tomatoes (English)