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Houseguest

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Houseguest (1995)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:2

Rotten:17

Average Rating:3.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Two thugs chase Kevin Franklin -- who owes an astronomical sum of money to a loan shark -- through a Pittsburgh airport. Luckily, Kevin runs into Gary Young who's awaiting the arrival of a summer... Two thugs chase Kevin Franklin -- who owes an astronomical sum of money to a loan shark -- through a Pittsburgh airport. Luckily, Kevin runs into Gary Young who's awaiting the arrival of a summer camp friend who he hasn't seen in 25 years. Kevin immediately assumes the identity of Gary's childhood friend and must use quick double-talk to convince Gary and his family that he truly remembers their beautifully shared past. Soon, the Young family becomes deeply attached to their new houseguest... that is, until the thugs make a surprise visit and reveal that it's all been a ruse. [More]

Starring: Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Jeffrey Jones, Kim Greist

Starring: Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Jeffrey Jones, Kim Greist, Chauncey Leopardi, Paul Ben-Victor, Tony Longo, Stan Shaw, Ron Glass, Mason Adams

Director: Randall Miller

Director: Randall Miller

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Comedy at its most formulaic.

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08/12/09
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11/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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10/05/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

Waste of Phil Hartman and Sinbad

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07/13/05
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

No review available.

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06/01/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

No review available.

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04/30/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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02/24/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Who decided Sinbad needed to star in a movie and what should we do to them when we find out?

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08/14/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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07/15/03
Blake French
Blake French
NutzWorld

Tedious and unfocused...the contrivance in this forgettable comedy is inexplicably unbearable

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05/27/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

Turns out to be an inane fish-out-of-water comedy. Along the way it turns into a virtual McDonald's commercial, too. The fact that you can hardly tell the difference is a good clue to the movie's bad-television flavor.

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05/20/03
Caryn James
Caryn James
New York Times
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10/18/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

here's that eviction notice

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07/29/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

No review available.

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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

As good-natured as its big, beefy star, comedian Sinbad.

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02/13/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Like the housepest of the title, Sinbad's character here is more annoying than amusing and before the film is over you may just wish he'd go away.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Plot-wise, there's little here beyond a few insubstantial strands.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

A film that lacks solid construction from the ground up, something that can't be “fixed in the editing,” I'm afraid.

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01/01/00
Joey O'Bryan
Joey O'Bryan
Austin Chronicle

In its worst moments, Houseguest becomes a struggle in which a very human comedian fights to project his personality over the director's technological muddle. But the good news is that Sinbad wins.

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01/01/00
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
 
 
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