Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1985 "The story of a rebel and his bike."
7| 1h31m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 26 July 1985 Released
Producted By: Warner Bros. Pictures
Country: United States of America
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The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

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Light Green Annoying overacting person, overrated movie, what can I say, another wrong rating that dragged me to watch this movie. I am so furious of those non sense people who with their bad reviews and ratings make busy people believe and start watching such scum.
rzajac The odd thing about the Big Adventure is what an oddly well-made flick it is. Reuben appears to have great comedic sense/timing, Burton whips the second string cast into decent shape, and Burton's general skills in directing set design, choosing shots, setting theatrical tone, and (no doubt) his contribution to the final edit make the flick actually work. In spite of it being a bizarre, cubistic picaresquerie, the story continually rewards your investment of time and attention.But, of course, it's not a "great" movie. At heart, it's a string of comic bits which range in quality from watchable to classic. The premise isn't that someone stole Pee-Wee's bike; it's that Pee-Wee woke up in the morning. Hence, something fundamentally milkable for comic value was bound to ensue, regardless.I loved this flick, as I also loved P-W's Playhouse, back in the day. The man was absolutely ON FIRE as Pee-Wee, and I hope his legacy is appreciated as a significant part of American pop culture history.The Big Adventure is a not-half-bad encapsulation of the wonder of Pee- Wee.
jillmarieyoung This was a fun film I watched when I was a kid back in 85. I never liked the TV Show as much, but then I bought this movie on VHS and now own it on DVD - hope to buy the Blu-Ray in the near future... Anyway, Pee-Wee is one of those classic cheesy films that makes you want to get up and dance towards the part when Pee-Wee was in the bar doing his last dance request! Anyway, the movie is fun to watch on how he has a awesome bike and tries to save it from bad guys and founds out it ended up in WB Studios and they turned the bike adventure into a movie and made Pee-Wee a star of his own film in a film! I just wish the film they made in the end of this movie was real as a 2nd movie adoption. However, it is a fun film for kids and adults at heart who enjoys this for many years to come!
Dalbert Pringle This may have been a tale about Pee Wee's "big" adventure, but everything about it said "small" to me. It's like the saying goes - "Small things amuse small minds" - And, yes, so, indeed, does this movie.It sure seemed to me like everything in this garishly loud, flippantly gay movie was being shown to me as if I were all still in kindergarten.Wearing mascara, face powder, and even lipstick, Paul Reubens' Pee Wee Herman character (with his slight frame and decidedly effeminate mannerisms) came across to me like some sort of frustrated transvestite who would've obviously been much more comfortable wearing 6" stilettos and a frilly dress.The small-minded mentality and eccentric humour that prevailed throughout Pee Wee's Big Adventure was strictly hit-n-miss stuff which only worked to its advantage about half the time.For the life of me, I cannot fathom Reubens' Pee Wee character being as popular as he apparently was back in the 1980s. At best, I found his often-bitchy shenanigans to be only marginally amusing, for the most part.As well, I find it hard to believe that this film of flighty nuttiness was actually directed by the heavy hand of Mr. Gloom & Doom, himself, Tim Burton.