This Pee-Wee film doesn't tie into the previous films. The signature Pee-Wee (Paul Reubens) of a maze of events that was made his first film and the game Mousetrap so fun. Pee-Wee has never left town but meets his soul twin in Joe Manganiello who invites him to his birthday party in NYC. Pee-Wee embarks on a cross country adventure living a bunch of short adventures that are humorous, but not rip roaring funny. Jessica Pohly plays a shriveled up looking Elvira, who Paul Reubens once dated. I didn't know if there was a message there or not, although she does grope herself. Good film for Pee-Wee fans.

I didn't managed to laugh at a movie in long time. This one made me laugh, not with the mouth up to my ears, but I laughed: the scene with the balloon, at the Amish community. Also the scene in the cave with Grizzly Bear Daniels is funny. The same, the moment with the 9 fat sisters who all want to marry. So, give it a try, maybe you'll laugh too!

After a number of years of silence, actor Paul Reubens brought back his Pee-wee Herman character for this Netflix exclusive movie. You might think that during all those years of keeping his iconic character out of the limelight, Reubens would have come up with a storyline for a new movie that would be more original, but that's not really the case. This movie's story feels VERY much like the 1985 movie "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", with a number of individual scenes and moments having a strong deja-vu feeling. Even the titles of the two movies have a strong similarity! But I guess what really matters is whether this new movie is funny or not. Well, it moves along at a brisk pace, it's never dull, and there are some genuinely amusing moments here and there, some coming close to the old Pee-wee magic. But quite often the gags feel like weak humor cut out of the script from the 1985 movie. I think another reason why the movie is not as funny as it should be is that director John Lee is no Tim Burton, though in fairness he was working with a somewhat limited budget. I will give the movie this, however: It's better than "Big Top Pee-wee".

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is one of my all-time favorites, so I've been looking forward to this one for awhile.From the very opening of the film, we already get a sense that this will take place in a similar realm of surrealism that was used in the 1985 classic. It's a different film universe from Big Adventure, but it gives us the same tone. From Pee-Wee's love for Rube Goldberg-style housing, to the utopian town that he lives in--Fairville--which is populated by less than 1000 residents. It all hearkens back to Tim Burton's vision from the original. But the comparisons don't end in Fairville. The whole film tries to mimic what worked so well in the first movie--which is a good thing.Pee-Wee has never left Fairville before. In fact, I'm not sure anyone really has. So, much like Big Adventure, Pee-Wee sets out on a cross-country road trip with inspiration from Joe Manganiello- -playing a fictionalized version of himself who just so happens to be the cool-guy version of Pee-Wee. You wish for more scenes with the two of them because they oddly have great chemistry with each other.There may not be as many iconic scenes as there are in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, but the ride is just as entertaining. The silliness is still there, even if the lines aren't quite as memorable. But that's what Pee-Wee's all about. His world is meant for us to lose ourselves in. To find that place of innocence and imagination that many of us left with our childhood.In 2016, Paul Reubens' vision for Pee-Wee still holds up. Not much has changed. There are points in the film where you forget that this is a new project.This is truly amazing day for Pee-Wee fans. Hopefully this won't be the last we see of him for another 25 years. He was a big part of my childhood and it's great to see a new generation getting to know the world's most beloved man-child.Twizard Rating: 96