What makes it different from others?

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The movie's about Tom Hanks's character, who with his friends "investigates" the curious case of a small family that just moved in. I'm not gonna go more specifficly about it, you can read the details here, on IMDb. I think this movie is okay. I really like the feel of it, I enjoy most of the humor and I think that most of the sets are very nice but I think the neighbour's house could be made better.All the characters are likable, actors are ok, but best friend of our hero is a littlebit goofy. The ending I won't give away but it's both satisfaing and is not. The characters learn something and I love the scene with angry Tom Hanks telling what he thinks about what happened. But the final confrontation seemed very short and anticlimacting.

Joe Dante is a BRILLIANT director i grew up on Gremlins 1&2,The Howling,Innerspace,Matinee,Small soldiers,Piranha,Twilight zone the movie & my all time best THE 'BURBS!!! so yeah i love Joe Dante & his movies & his fantastic mind.The 'burbs is a classic comedy mystery Thriller & it's got such a FEELGOOD summer vibe to it with BEAUTIFUL music by Jerry Goldsmith that is unforgettable, this comedy classic i had taped on video at my nans she introduced this movie to me & then i brought it on video & watched hundreds if times!!! This is one of my most watched films of all time.The whole cast is perfect & the characters are so memorable & the neighbourhood is beautiful & full of fun.Ray peterson (hanks) is hilarious as the stressed out neighbour with maybe murderers next door? Bruce Dern is Fantastic as the paranoid ex soldier Mark Rumsfield who is hilarious & we have the comic genius Rick Ducommun.R.I.P who plays Art wiengartner who is the nosey busy body & we have carrie fisher as carol Peterson & wendy schaal as bonnie Rumsfeld & Corey feel as ricky butler & some great little cameos from the likes of Joe Dante legend DICK MILLER (who i thank Joe dante's films for introducing me to this great man), The Kloepeks are HILARIOUS & May or my not be evil!!! so yeah this movie is BRILLIANT & pure FEELGOOD fun & endlessly watchable love it so much & holds a special place in my heart

The 'Burbs is a weird film, but you gotta give it to the director of Gremlins and Innerspace for the way he did the main conversations throughout it. There are a lot of funny bits in this thriller/comedy. For one it's Walter Seznick's Dog Queenie. I don't know about it, but the dog just makes me crack up when they show him on the screen. Another thing are the less focused parts, like when Rick Ducommon's character, Art Weingartner, grabs a handful of dog chow at the dinner table when Carrie Fisher's character, Carol Peterson, grabs an orange, then she feeds the chow to the dog. A few of the stuff is suspenseful and just...weird at the same time. With such a strong cast and veteran director (Joe Dante), "The 'Burbs" should have been a better movie. The weak link here is the writing. It's a great film, but it's very overlooked.

An overstressed suburbanite and two of his neighbors struggle to prove their paranoid theory that the new family on the block are part of a murderous cult. I watched The 'Burbs a long time ago but i really had a great time Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Corey Feldman and the great and late Carrie Fisher did a great job. For a 1989 film this holds up really well and it was hilarious i mean everything seems ordinary the neighborhood the neighbors everything but some things are not as good as they seem and as the film continues you get into more of the horror element and it packs even more laughs. Overall this is a great film and a very underrated one upon Hanks amazing film career but i just wanna say that i'm gonna miss Princess Leia and May The Force Be With Her Always!!!