The 'Burbs (1989)
"He's a man of peace in a savage land... Suburbia."
Critics Score
🎬 50%
(RT: 56%, MC: 45) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Is The 'Burbs good?
Most people think so. 84% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 50%, but audiences disagreed.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation. Wikipedia ↗
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