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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 27 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6346
Category: DVD
Actors: Mason Adams, Kirk Baily, Paul Ben-victor, Don Brockett, Patricia Fraser
Director: Randall Miller
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Label: Walt Disney Video
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 109 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD26989D
UPC: 786936189124
EAN: 0786936189124
ASIN: B000068QPT
Release Date: October 8, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: January 6, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Get ready for riotous laughs as funnymen Sinbad (THE SINBAD SHOW) and Phil Hartman (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, NEWSRADIO) team up in this outrageous comedy hit! Sinbad is Kevin Franklin, a get-rich-quick con man who escapes the mob by impersonating the long-lost friend of an uptight businessman (Hartman) -- and moving in with his family! Soon this wily con artist is struggling to find out who he's pretending to be ... a wine expert, a golfer, or even a dentist! But when the family starts to see through his act, and the mob catches on to his scam, Kevin finds his escapade as a "houseguest" is suddenly much more than he bargained for!
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 If your really Derek Bond, then sing the camp maple ridge song!! February 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is too funny!!! I have seen this movie with my husband like over 50 times, and I still love it! A funny Sinbad plays a man out to make money. He schemes and finds his way into a loving family home, and all kinds of heck breaks loose! The head of the family, played by Phil Hartman, believes that Sinbad is his oldest friend in the world. This movie shows how great friends can be, and will keep you laughing, no matter how many times you see it!! There are also a couple of mobsters that make the movie very funny!! A must see family movie for every one!!!!!
Best Movie Ever! July 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sinbad gives a performance for the ages! I cannot think of a movie in history that rivals this one and it is widely unknown! Everyone should be required to see this. I have seen it over 100 times and it just gets better and better.
Hilarious! June 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
HOUSEGUEST is definitely by far my all-time favorite comedy. Kevin Franklin, a down-on-his-luck orphan owing a gambling debt he can't pay, hides from money-hungry gangsters with a suburban family under the guise of the father's old camp buddy. Hilarity ensues, scene after scene, all the way through the credits. The main characters are warm, endearing and well-rounded. The sometimes too-perfect and coincidental plot elements require suspension of disbelief by the viewer, but the humor heaped throughout makes it a wild ride worth watching anyway. Whoever conceived the odd pairing of Sinbad and Hartman is brilliant. It's a clean, family comedy with a bit of slapstick, but mostly it's uproarious situations and truly well-written dialogue. If you don't laugh at something in this film, check your pulse, because comedic delight can be found at every turn and there's something for everyone. So many scenes from this film crack me up just thinking about them or if someone mentions them. Some are Brick House being sung at a party, the Camp Mapleridge song to which Kevin doesn't know the words and says he wishes he had some Dairy Queen, novacaine hands, speed golf, "it was just blood and bubbles and butts...his eye...his eye was on me", the entire railroad track scene. The McDonald's scene shown in slow-mo with the all-familiar jingle, which some deem as a commercial, is actually one of my favorites. Who can't identify with being denied something you crave so badly, and when you finally have it in your sights, you run with abandon to get to it? Yeah it's for cheeseburgers, but that's what makes it funny. :)
HOUSEGUEST is my favorite comedy because I can come back to it again and again and still crack up. Most comedies rely on shock value so the joy of viewing is lost after the first time, maybe the second. This one's a rare treasure, a masterpiece of comedic genius. If you're looking for lots of laughs, HOUSEGUEST is highly recommended!
 Silly but Fun April 25, 2007
This film has nothing to recommend it except that it is fun. It's not even great comedy, its just fun.
Sinbad plays an inner city character who is always striking out on his get rich quick schemes. Now, a mob boss is out to get him and he is on the run. In desperation at an airport, he assumes the identity of a man for whom a car is waiting at the airport. (Think in terms of the drivers at big airports holding up signs for the people they are supposed to pick up.)
It turns out that he has assumed the identity of a man visiting a friend from college(Phil Hartman). They have not seen each other for many, many years so he is not recognized. Hartman has always talked about this friend and what a great guy he is but his family has never seen him Now they do meet him and put him up as a houseguest. It is only with much difficulty that Sinbad learns that he is supposed to be a famous dentist.
He thinks quickly on his feet and even manages to pull of a complex dental procedure by accident. While he is saving himself, he manages to save the marriage of his "friend" , the love life of their daughter, the sports life of the son and set the "friend" up for a new career.
It is implausible at each step but Sinbad and Hartman work well together and they have fun. As a result, the audience does as well.
Be sure to keep the show running through the credits. The duet sung by Hartman and Sinbad in praise of junk food truly warms the heart...and clogs the arteries.
If You Hate SINBAD, You'll Love THIS FLICK December 18, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I done seen this movie millions of times when me and bro was young.
We'd get free showtime or sumthin and watch this 100 times, PHIL HARTMAN
Godbless his soul cause he is Sinbads equal. I don't mess with sinbad,
But this film sucks in the family coporation like a shake, MC E D's, can eat and die, but this film makes my day by letting people know, Every Black dude ain't the same
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