Funny Farm

Funny Farm (1988)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (25,377 ratings)

Chevy Chase stars as Andy Farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) 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… More

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PG,
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Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 3, 1988 Wide
On DVD
May 18, 1999
Warner Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune

    The year`s funniest movie to date.

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    Surprisingly funny

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    ...cute, easygoing, and engaging.

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    Silly, but Chase adds his own brand of humor.

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    One of Chase's better vehicles (although that may be damning with faint praise)

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    An hilarious movie about a writer who moves out to the country to get some peace and quiet so he can write, but finds it's not that easy. Chase is fantastic in this movie, I really enjoyed it.

  • Tim S


    It's considered an 80's classic, but it's not quiet as memorable.

  • KJ P


    Dated, but funny! Funny farm is pure hilarity!

  • Jason O


    "Funny Farm" is a lot better than I thought it was going to be. Andy Farmer (Chevy Chase) and Elizabeth Farmer (Madolyn Smith) want to find a place to live in the country, away from all the noises and hassles of the city. But they never thought that the country could bring… More

  • Michael G


    Words cannot describe how much I hate this movie.

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