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A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 64%, Metacritic 50/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes64%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
306 audience votes
Key crew
- George Roy HillDirector
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Jeffrey BoamScreenplay
Cast
- Chevy ChaseAndy Farmer
- Madolyn Smith OsborneElizabeth Farmer
- Kevin O'MorrisonSheriff Ledbetter
- Joseph MaherMichael Sinclair
- Jack GilpinBud Culbertson
- Caris CorfmanBetsy Culbertson
- William SeversNewspaper Editor
- Mike StarrCrocker
- Glenn PlummerMickey
- William DuellOld Character
- Helen Lloyd BreedOld Operator
- Kit Le FeverYoung Operator
Stills
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Themes
small townbased on novel or bookslapstick comedycity country contrastvermontrural america