In the mid-1980s, Richard Pryor's longtime drug addiction began to affect his physical appearance, he began to look sickly and pretty frail on-screen, due to his early stages of multiple sclerosis. Despite the fact this was Pryor's last starring role in a feature film, this comedy has quite a few laughs.
Arlo Pear is a mild-mannered engineer from New Jersey who is given a new job position in Boise, Idaho. His family is not happy with the idea, but have no choice but to go with it. Unfortunately, things fall apart quickly: their rebellious teenage daughter (a young Stacey Dash) tries to sabotage every open house that happens, the three movers hired to transport the belongings to the new house actually steal them, and the new house they arrive in is a dumping ground for construction equipment.
The cameos in the film are worthwhile, as well. Randy Quaid as crazed army veteran neighbor Frank, Dave Thomas as Arlo's friendly boss, Rodney Dangerfield as a loan officer with a serious gambling problem, Morris Day as a overconfident young man smitten with Arlo's daughter, and Dana Carvey as a multiple personality maniac who is hired by Arlo to drive his priceless Saab to their new house in Idaho.
Definitely worth watching.
Arlo Pear is a mild-mannered engineer from New Jersey who is given a new job position in Boise, Idaho. His family is not happy with the idea, but have no choice but to go with it. Unfortunately, things fall apart quickly: their rebellious teenage daughter (a young Stacey Dash) tries to sabotage every open house that happens, the three movers hired to transport the belongings to the new house actually steal them, and the new house they arrive in is a dumping ground for construction equipment.
The cameos in the film are worthwhile, as well. Randy Quaid as crazed army veteran neighbor Frank, Dave Thomas as Arlo's friendly boss, Rodney Dangerfield as a loan officer with a serious gambling problem, Morris Day as a overconfident young man smitten with Arlo's daughter, and Dana Carvey as a multiple personality maniac who is hired by Arlo to drive his priceless Saab to their new house in Idaho.
Definitely worth watching.