What About Bob?

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Frank Oz

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Bill Murray
Bob Wiley

Richard Dreyfuss
Dr. Leo Marvin

Julie Hagerty
Fay Marvin

Charlie Korsmo
Siggy Marvin

Kathryn Erbe
Anna Marvin

Tom Aldredge
Mr. Guttman

Susan Willis
Mrs. Guttman

Roger Bowen
Phil

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Alvin Sargent
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Laura Ziskin
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An average movie

11 years, 9 months ago at Jul 13 10:35

johanlefourbe

Even though Frank Oz is not really an amazing director, I always had a weak spot for his movies so I was really eager to check this one out. Before his career took a new turn with movies such as 'Broken Flowers', 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou', 'Lost in Translation' and 'The Royal Tenenbaums', Bill Murray was mostly famous for such laugh-out-loud performances. In this movie, I thought he was... read more

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4 years, 7 months ago at Oct 1 0:48

Emily J.

Hey everyone, I'm back with my first review in many months. This time I will give my two cents on What About Bob?. Now, after Frank Oz directed one of the greatest movies of the 80's (perhaps all time), I was hoping this to be of similar quality. Was it so? Not quite.

On one hand, if any other movie had a character like Bob, they would come off as annoying and unsympathetic. But the w... read more

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A new patient appears at a psychotherapist's door. He has every possible insecurity in the world. The amazingly successful shrink gives him a copy of his new book and goes off on vacation. Bob, the patient, discovers where the doctor has gone and appears at the vacation site, forever changing the shrink's family relationships.

Release date: 17 May 1991
UPC: 717951005205

Tags: Comedy (30), Vacation (13), 1990s (10), Family (9), 1991 (9), Therapy (7), Phobia (7), Mental Illness (7), Therapist (6), Humor (5), Wedding (5), Sailing (5), Dysfunctional Family (5), Psychiatrist (4), Doctor Patient Relationship (4), Lake (4), Drama (4), Swimming (4), Psychiatry (3), Patient (3)

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“Hey everyone, I'm back with my first review in many months. This time I will give my two cents on What About Bob?. Now, after Frank Oz directed one of the greatest movies of the 80's (perhaps all time), I was hoping this to be of similar quality. Was it so? Not quite.

On one hand, if any other movie had a character like Bob, they would come off as annoying and unsympathetic. But the writing in this one doesn't take that low road as Bob seems no worse than pitiable for the most part. And while it treats the subject of mental illness with tact (including a 12-year-old boy's thanatophobia), it also loses grounding in reality as the movie progresses. On the other hand, the comedy can be really funny. Bill Murray as the title character made me laugh a good number of times. This alone ” read more

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