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What About Bob?
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Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

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  • 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.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    80
    Murray, 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.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Jo Berry
    60
    What 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.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    25
    It'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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  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. LeoTs3181983
    10
    What About Bob? is a great movie. It's simply hilarious. I loved it. Don't miss it. This is Frank Oz's best non-Muppet movie besides In & Out! It's filled with non-stop laughs.… Expand
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