Six Foot, Seven Foot, Eight Foot Bunch

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2002)

This is one of my favorite movies. Makes me laugh every time I watch it. It's got so many great things going for it:
Acting: Winning, engaging, funny. Some really great performances from some great actors early in their film careers: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones. Add to that a side-splitting supporting performance from Sylvia Sidney, and you have an A-1 cast hitting their strides brilliantly.
Direction: Released the year before his masterpiece BATMAN, Tim Burton was clearly having a ball making this film, and it shows. Crisp, tight, fast-paced.
Story: Unique. Starts off a little slow, but picks up considerably when the Dietzes show up, and gets progressively wackier from there.
Intangibles: I will never again be able to listen to "The Banana Boat Song" without thinking of shrimp cocktail.
If you haven't yet seen this one, rent it and give it a chance. You'll love it.