When it first came out in '88, I read in the newspaper that it was not well received.Years later I watched it again and I now thing it's one of the best comedies out.Randy Quaid and Richard Prior made pure humour.It would have been great to see them both in something much more intense.Each great in their own way, as a team they would be double the trouble and 5 times the fun.Far better than any Adam Sandler or Seth Rogan movie made and better than the Sandler/Rogan actors themselves.Nothing enormously award winning, but a pleasurable waste of time.

I was cleaning up my grandparents room when I stumbled upon this VHS. The comments on the VHS cover prints all praises of the movie, so I got excited. I called up my friends to ask who still has a VHS player for me to watch this movie. I was hoping that this movie is well worth the effort.Boy, I was disappointed. I feel like all my effort was in vain. The movie sucks, big time.There was not a single time I laughed. I did giggle once, when the family discovered that their new house really does not have a swimming pool, after all (the swimming poll has been taken out by the previous owner, leaving them with a huge hole in the yard, which the swimming pool used to be).The storyline is choppy, the jokes were crass, the acting were contrived. It is so not cool.A score of 2 out of 10 for this movie.

Man do I feel sorry for Arlo. That poor man. If that were me I would be kicking myself. This movie was funny and amusing though. Hes got movers who won't deliver his stuff, a crazy guy driving his Saab, he got scammed on his house and hes getting blamed for all of this stuff at his new job when all he did was sharpen his pencil. Some great actors and actresses in this movie like Richard Pryor, Randy Quaid, Stacey Dash, Dave Thomas and Dana Carvey (The younger, funnier Dana Carvey before Mike Myers ruined his reputation). This is the only movie I have ever seen with Richard Pryor without Gene Wilder. I thought they were only funny when they were together, but Pryor did a great job in this movie. I should go see a just Gene Wilder movie and see if its the same for him too.

Moving should be rated higher! This movie's premise is great as it turns the act of moving into an absolute hilarity!! Family moves from New Jersey to Boise Idaho! You just know plenty of wacky hijinks are gonna occur!I really think anyone who has ever experienced moving from one type of place to a completely different one, or anyone who just has had frustrations with moving in general will be able to relate. Nothing offensive about it, just plain good comedy, pretty fun to watch.