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Jun 3, 1988 · Funny Farm: Directed by George Roy Hill. With Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Kevin O'Morrison, Joseph Maher. A couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to be just a little bit different to what they were expecting.
Funny Farm is a 1988 American comedy film starring Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith. The film was adapted from a 1985 comedic novel of the same name by Jay Cronley. It was the final film directed by George Roy Hill.
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth 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 turn.
Former sportswriter Andy Farmer (Chevy Chase) and his secretly aspiring author wife, Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith), move to a small farm in Vermont so Andy can focus on writing a novel.
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Funny Farm. Two fast-track yuppies, yearning for the tranquility of rural life, give up their careers and New York lifestyle only to find the wacky eccentrics outnumber the mosquitoes in their idyllic countryside. 8,512 IMDb 6.2 1 h 41 min 1988. X-Ray PG.
A couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to be just a little bit different to what they were expecting. When Andy and Elizabeth buy a farm in Vermont, they can't imagine the trouble that awaits them.
"Funny Farm" is one of those small miracles that starts out like a lot of other movies and then somehow finds its own way, step after step, to an original comic vision. It's funny, all right, but it's more than funny, it's likable.
Novel. Jeffrey Boam. Screenplay. Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth 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 turn.
Two fast-track yuppies, yearning for the tranqulity of rural life, giveup their careers and New York lifestyle only to find the wackyeccentrics outnumber...
Two fast-track yuppies Andy and Elizabeth Farmer (Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith respectively), yearning for the tranqulity of rural life, give up their careers and New York lifestyle only...
