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Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

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

Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith Osborne star in this 1988 comedy based on the book. This tells of sports writer, Andy Farmer (Chase) and his wife, Elizabeth (Osborne) who give up city life and move to the country in small, Vermont town, Red Bud. Soon, things go terribly wrong for them when meeting odd, new people, getting into mishaps and finding unexpected things on their property. Andy also tries writing a novel and when Elizabeth decides to write too, they drift apart. I watched this growing up and always liked it. Chase is great as usual, he & Madolyn have good chemistry and the late, Elmer Bernstein's score is great as well. I recommend this good 80's comedy.

I'm a huge fan of certain Chevy Chase movies like Vacation, Fletch, Spies Like Us, Three Amigos, even Caddyshack. While he's pretty much the same Chevy in Funny Farm and very funny in deed at times, the whole movie just didn't work out for me.Funny Farm is somewhat more restrained, wry and maybe even boring compared to other Chevy Chase movies. There's nothing really wrong with the movie (unless maybe the last act is a bit of an u-turn), everything works as should, direction is quite tight. It's quite difficult to say what's wrong, even tho it's a lot of fun, it lacks the warmth and engagement of most Chevy Chase movies. I really see this primarily as a Chevy Chase movie.While the leading lady did a pretty good job acting the part, I never thought she really fit the role. She just didn't have the Beverly D'Angelo kind of warmth I expected. I didn't feel the connection between Chevy and her wife. Also the lack of children made the movie seem a bit serious, even tho it had all the elements of a family comedy.George Roy Hill did a great job portraying the dry humour in Slap Shot, one of my all time favourite movies. To my mind his dryish humour worked much better in the bleak and wintery scenes of factory towns rather than beautiful Vermont. And don't get me wrong, the scenery and set deco are really nice to look at.Good pastime, but I don't see myself returning to this title for some time.

This picture was released on June 3 1988 starring Chevy Chase as Andy Farmer, Madolyn Smith Osborne as Elizabeth farmer, and Kevin O'Morrison as Sheriff Ledbetter. Andy is a big time sports writer in the big city who decides that he's had enough of the city life and wants to move to the country. So Andy and his wife Elizabeth buy a farm in Vermont and they hit the highways to there new home. When they get to the farm they find out that the electric wasn't turn on and they have a pay phone in there house instead of a regular phone. The next thing that goes wrong is the ****** ******* is lost. Finally after everything is figure out Andy starts to write his novel. However, he gets ****** ***** and can't get started. Now a few thoughts on this movie! I'm not a Chevy Chase fan but I became a usage fan of the Lovely Madolyn Smith Osborne. As far as I'm concern she was the one that made this movie worth watching. Therefore, I'm giving the movie 10 weasel stars based on Madolyn and Madolyn only.

FUNNY FARM tells the story of a husband and wife, who are fed up with big city hassles. Chevy Chase plays Andy Farmer, who chooses to quit his job and move to a country home in Vermont so that he can write a novel.The first hour of the movie is almost a parody of Chevy's brilliant role as Clark W. Griswald,in the original "Vacation" film. There are some very funny scenes involving movie day, a fishing trip, a dog, and a snake. However, there is not enough good quality writing in the script to make FUNNY FARM particularly worthwhile or memorable.Credit must be given to Chevy for doing his best. But it is a shame that in FUNNY FARM he didn't have a better script. The movie's first half has its moments without question. However, the last half-hour is void of any humorous material as the film tries to take on a more serious tone. A Christmas holiday theme is brought into the story without any build up and the ending is much too pat as the townspeople forgive Chevy for all of the unintentional trouble he caused, (for the most part.) Chevy and his wife decide to stay in the country.Considering the talents of director George Roy Hill (i.e The Sting, The Great Waldo Pepper--director) this is a major disappointment. What made Chevy's role so wonderful in "Vacation," was the superb comic chemistry between the characters and a fun story all the way through. FUNNY FARM'S writers just seem to say, "Well, Chevy was SOOOOO good in "Vacation," that we will give him some traditional bit jokes that worked great in that movie, and take on a "feel good" Christmas holiday storyline at the end, when the jokes are finished.The main problem with FUNNY FARM is that there is not a strong enough story line with quality humor to sustain viewer interest throughout the film. FUNNY FARM starts funny at the premise, but falls apart by the conclusion.