| | | Bob's a special kind of friend. The kind that drives you crazy!
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Surround Sound, Theatrical Trailer
Comic wizard Bill Murray (Cradle Will Rock, Rushmore) teams up with Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss (Mr. Holland's Opus, The American President) in an outrageously wild comedy that's sure to drive you off the deep end! Murray plays Bob Wiley,a troubled but lovable therapy patient who fears everything! After seeking help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss), Bob feels revived. But when the good doctor skips town to go on a family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows--showing up unexpectedly at the therapist's lakeside retreat. That's when the fun really begins! Bob innocently becomes the houseguest who just won't leave--endearing himself to the other family members...and, in the end, driving the stressed-out shrink absolutely crazy!
"Very funny outing..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Murray is at his comedic best..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
Bob Wiley, a walking encyclopedia of psychological troubles, seeks help from an egotistical psychiatrist who promptly takes off for a quiet family vacation. Bob follows in quiet desperation, quickly endearing himself to the doctor's family but slowly driving the doctor completely mad in this excruciatingly funny film starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss.
Plot Summary
The day he leaves on a month's vacation, best-selling author and renowned psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss) acquires a new patient, the multiphobic Bob Wiley (Bill Murray). Consumed by his fears of germs, enclosed spaces, and other people, Bob tracks Dr. Marvin to his New Hampshire retreat and arrives on his doorstep for treatment. Dr. Marvin's professional but strained advice to "take a vacation from your phobias" is translated by Bob to mean "take a vacation in New Hampshire," and he starts to become a fixture in their home, to Marvin's growing incredulity and rage--especially when his wife and children, charmed by Bob's childlike enthusiasm, start to think Bob is more fun than Marvin. There seems to be only one way to get rid of Bob, and that's to do it permanently. Murray and Dreyfuss balance each other perfectly, one growing more sane as the other stumbles toward madness. A quirky family comedy, Frank Oz's WHAT ABOUT BOB? encourages viewers to stop being so straight-laced and start having fun.
| Features | Widescreen Format | | English 2.0 Dolby Surround | | French Language Track | | Original Theatrical Trailer |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 7/1/2003 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | Catalog ID: 1836203 | | UPC: 00717951005205 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
MTV Award (1992) | | | Bill Murray, Nominee, Best Comedic Performance |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Expert comic teamwork..." 06/27/1991 p.78Entertainment Weekly
"...[A reminder] that Murray really is the movies' drollest nutjob..." -- Rating: B 12/06/1996 pp.73-5 New York Times
"...[Dreyfus and Murray are] fortuitous teaming..."| 05/17/1991 p.C15 Los Angeles Times
"...Murray and Dreyfuss have the kind of temperamental oppositeness that great comedy teams thrive on. Just seeing them together is funny..." 05/17/1991 p.F1 Washington Post 7 of 10
...Bob rests entirely on Murray's shoulders. But he more than takes the weight. With his twisted lower lip, doleful eyes and trademark deadpan, he exudes an awkward--and funny --vulnerability. - Desson Howe
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