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sheep233

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A very good, very funny comedy. There are great lines, Bill Murray is awesome as Bob. Just over all, a very good movie about a patient following his doctor and his family on vacation. Funny!!

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Posted jul 15, 2008 10:11 pm pt

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"I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful." So many great lines in this movie. Very funny. Bob has issues and when Dr. Marvin goes on vacation and Bob realizes that he can't live without him! "I'm sailing!" You will giggle...
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"I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful." So many great lines in this movie. Very funny. Bob has issues and when Dr. Marvin goes on vacation and Bob realizes that he can't live without him! "I'm sailing!" You will giggle throughout this movie.

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Posted jan 29, 2008 8:20 am pt

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This Movie is so funny, bill murray is on top form as a a neurotic phobic who ends up driving his doctor leo marvin mad. Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss work great together in this movie. If you want a good laugh this is the movie to watch.

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Posted jan 2, 2008 8:48 am pt

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A hilarious movie. I loved it. I am so glad that my brother got me to watch it. Bill Murray's comedy performance is classic. And Richard Dreyfuss plays his "annoyed" and "on the verge of a breakdown" role very very well. I love...
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A hilarious movie. I loved it. I am so glad that my brother got me to watch it. Bill Murray's comedy performance is classic. And Richard Dreyfuss plays his "annoyed" and "on the verge of a breakdown" role very very well. I love how, Bob drives Dr. marvin to the point of trying to kill him. The writers made great jokes to go along with it. "Roses are red, violets are blue. I'm a skizophranic, and so am I." Beautiful. If you haven't seen it, you're missing something.

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Posted jul 22, 2007 10:29 am pt

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What about Bob is my all time favorite comdey movie. I find this really funny where Bill Murray kept bugging his doctor non-stop. This movie has a lot of laughs, It had a great cast to the movie with a very good storyline. If you need a good laugh...
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What about Bob is my all time favorite comdey movie. I find this really funny where Bill Murray kept bugging his doctor non-stop. This movie has a lot of laughs, It had a great cast to the movie with a very good storyline. If you need a good laugh I pick this movie.

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Posted may 25, 2007 3:13 am pt

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A funny movie the is relly good and has a great story. 4 stars

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Posted mar 9, 2007 4:42 pm pt

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It's a classic movie starring Billy Crystal about a crazy dude looking for comfort in a family, while driving the family man crazy. A good movie, but not a hit. Still, an enjoyable movie.

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Posted jan 27, 2007 6:32 pm pt

• [+] Chicago Reader
  
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  The concept itself is so strong - particularly as a revenge fantasy for anyone who's ever resented hypocritical exploitative shrinks - that it winds up working pretty well anyway.

  by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  80
  Bill Murray finds a real showcase for his oft-shackled talent in this manic comedy.

  by Staff (Not Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  Bob rests entirely on Murray's shoulders. But he more than takes the weight.

  by Desson Howe | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss star in this hilarious brain-teaser about a patient who suffers acute separation anxiety when his psychiatrist goes on vacation.

  by Rita Kempley | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  80
  Murray, with his curious blend of pathos and aggressiveness, is terrific, and so is an acutely uptight Dreyfuss, never once copping a plea for our sympathy.

  by Richard Schickel | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  75
  Actors Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss provide the frenzied fun that highlights What About Bob? a wacky slapstick comedy.

  by Staff (Not Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  67
  What About Bob? is a one-joke movie, but what a funny joke!

  by Steve Davis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  67
  What About Bob? is just funny enough to make you wish it had been wilder and less predictable.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  63
  Bill Murray's manic performance is the main selling point of this mildly amusing farce about a psychiatrist with a patient who literally drives him crazy

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
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  What makes the film work is the double act between the two actors, and some great one-liners that pepper the script and cover up the fact there isn't a great deal of originality in the plot.

  by Jo Berry | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
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  What About Bob? does work as comedy for a while, thanks to the fortuitous teaming of Mr. Dreyfuss and Mr. Murray.

  by Janet Maslin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  50
  Murray is very funny in the early going when his irritation-shtick is allowed full play; when he turns doughily benign in the late going, he's much less interesting. [17 May 1991]

  by Stephen Hunter | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
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  A broadly played, by-the-numbers comedy that pits your consummate classic nut case against your quintessential screwed-up shrink. [17 May 1991]

  by Clifford Terry | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
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  But there's still Murray, who drives the idea further than it has any right to go. He energizes the loony schtick of the opening scenes. [17 May 1991]

  by Rick Groen | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
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  A sentimental comedy about mental illness (complete with a sitcom family), wobbly Bob offers further evidence that Disney itself may be afflicted with encroaching schizophrenia. [17 May 1991]

  by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »