What About Bob?
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Universal acclaim- based on 9 Ratings
- Starring: Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss
- Summary: Dr. Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss) goes on vacation for the summer but soon discovers his new patient, Bob Wiley (Murray), has followed him and befriended his family.
- Director: Frank Oz
- Genre(s): Comedy
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Positive: 9 out of 17
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Mixed: 7 out of 17
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Negative: 1 out of 17
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80Murray, with his curious blend of pathos and aggressiveness, is terrific, and so is an acutely uptight Dreyfuss, never once copping a plea for our sympathy.
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80Bill Murray finds a real showcase for his oft-shackled talent in this manic comedy.
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60What makes the film work is the double act between the two actors, and some great one-liners that pepper the script and cover up the fact there isn’t a great deal of originality in the plot.
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25It's a bomb - not the usual bomb, but a time bomb, despite a 20-minute stretch at the beginning that goes along nicely. [17 May 1991]
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