I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

A Masterpiece!

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

If the idea of someone hiding in a family to escape problems is funny, the story written around is not amazing: the scenes come up one after another without any sense and it's pretty much the same stuff every time (Sinbad does whatever and it pays off). Sure i laugh every 5 minutes because there is always a good line or a funny situation but overall, this kind of non stop talking clown gives me headaches! The other thing that disturbs me is that the family is the new brand of upper class, with the usual depressive teen girl and the big mansion... When i was young, the families look like mine (ET, Goonies, Poltergeist, Twin Peaks). As it's already there in Home Alone, i think that the difference is about coast: in the east, family has big brick houses while in the west, it's more pavilion. At last, if i rate 4 instead of 7, it's because of the poor ending: suddenly, the movie becomes a lesson, it's about redemption and it spoils everything... By the way, Kim is nearly invisible here as a rare mother neglecting her children for work!!!NB: and his pink-green sport-wear is just ugly !!!

Many comedies are great comedies. Many of them are funny, entertaining, and clever. But House Guest, ( Sinbad and Phil Hartman ) is one of those I'm gonna need to pretend like I know what i'm doin', even though I don't know what I'm doin' comedies. It's one of those I have to act like I'm someone else kinda comedies. Every laugh's a screamer, every joke, clever, and every Sinbad goes, there's TROUBLE!!!! It's one of those movies you have to see again, and again, and again, mainly because it was just too damn funny. While watching the movie, I would say to myself, "It would be hilarious if that really happened, or if someone really said that, or I could just imagine me trying' to do something like that. The movie's great. I hope I gave you a good enough of an idea to help you understand how funny this movie is, without spoiling it for you.... The only reason why I rated this Movie "6/10" is because IMDb has it voted as that....

I have to say, when I first saw the movie, I thought it was incredibly dumb. After about the third time, I thought it was so funny. It gets more amusing the more often you watch it. It's sort of like that song that you think sucks the first few times you hear it, and then you listen to it a few more times, and it sounds a little better, and then after about a month, you really like it. Sinbad and Phil Hartman play off each other very well, and amongst the stupidity, there's a light hearted lesson in friendship and the ability of people to change. I don't know how much more I can write about the movie without going into spoilers, but just go out and rent it.

The movie house guest was a very funny movie that will please most of the people who view it. The movie is more along the lines of family airing but it does have adult humor the will satisfy young and old viewers.The only bad thing about the movie is that it has an impossible story; I don't think Phil Hartmans character would believe such a bogus story. All Sinbad had to do was read the sign that said Derek Bond Let phil tell you of the info you desire and BAM an impostor is coming into your house posing as your old camping chum. Also during the movie sinbad does some pretty outrageous stuff that would not only get him in trouble, but would have his identity revealed. The movie is funny and I would recommend renting, or even buying, its just that good of a movie.