What About Bob
A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, a manipulative, obsessively compulsive narcissist, tracks him down during his family vacation.
27 August 1925, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
25 September 1962, New York City, New York, USA
30 September 1946, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
15 June 1955, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
26 February 1926, New York City, New York, USA
5 July 1965, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
16 December 1941, Vancouver, Washington, USA
29 October 1947, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
28 February 1928, Dayton, Ohio, USA
27 April 1945, Queens, New York, USA
December 29, 2015
Essentially a two-man comedy riff, of the sort we see less and less at the movies.
October 05, 2008
Its less is more approach makes for a brilliantly constructed plot in which Murray becomes more and more obnoxious and Dreyfuss is gradually driven to distraction by his eccentric little ways.
March 13, 2007
Bill Murray finds a real showcase for his oft-shackled talent in this manic comedy.
March 01, 2007
Murray nicely shelves his wise-guy persona in a winning comedy.
May 20, 2003
Somehow, Mr. Dreyfuss maintains his sound comic timing even when Frank Oz's antic direction calls for hand-waving hysteria.
March 13, 2007
This cruel but effective black comedy violates credibility at almost every turn, but the concept itself is so strong hat it winds up working pretty well anyway.
January 01, 2000
Above all else, What About Bob? addresses the way many a patient feels when his psychiatrist has the nerve to go away without giving a thought to his problems. Perhaps it is just one desperate cosmic cry for help. Then again, maybe it's a threat.
January 26, 2006
With Dreyfuss and Murray on top form, not even the familiar plotline -- uptight rich person meets free-wheeling poor person and learns about life -- can prevent this lunatic comedy from being funny.
January 02, 2011
Appealingly silly romp for kids and adults.
February 18, 2006
A delightful annoying-person comedy made even more amusing by the fact that Murray and Dreyfuss couldn't stand one another in real life.
October 05, 2008
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.
March 13, 2007
A modern-day comedy in the grand tradition of the best screwball comedies of the late 1930s and early 40s.
