What About Bob?(1991) Movie Review

My review of the underrated comedy, What About Bob?(1991) starring Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Charlie Korsmo, Kathryn Erbe, Tom Aldredge, Susan Willis, and Roger Bowen. Directed by Frank Oz.

Trivia

Woody Allen was suggested for the role of Leo Marvin.

The vacation house where this was filmed was actually in Virginia on Smith Mountain Lake.

The two buildings shown when Bob arrives at the Lake from New York are in Moneta, Virginia near Smith Mountain Lake. The blue building really was a general store and coffee shop. The red building was used in the movie as the bus station but in real life it was a produce warehouse called Moneta produce.

Leo Marvin is a psychiatrist whose kids' names are "Anna" and "Sigmund" named after the very well-known psychiatrist Sigmund Freud and his daughter, child psychologist Anna Freud.

The asylum where Dr. Marvin tries to have Bob committed is actually the Elks National Home in the City Bedford in Bedford County, Virginia. It is locally known because every Christmas the front lawn is lit with thousands of Christmas lights and draws nearly 100,000 spectators from the surrounding areas.

Roger Bowen's last film.

Frank Oz wanted Patrick Stewart to play Leo Marvin.

Julie Hagerty was only 10 years older than Kathryn Erbe, who played her daughter, Anna.

According to Richard Dreyfuss, he and Bill Murray did not get along during filming.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• What About Bob?
• Movie Review
• Bill Murray
• Richard Dreyfuss
• Julie Hagerty
• Charlie Korsmo
• Kathryn Erbe
• Tom Aldredge
• Susan Willis
• Roger Bowen
• Frank Oz
• 90's
• Comedy

[otirudam]

I was afraid to hear your review and find that you were going to shatter to pieces this movie, but thankfully you did like it very much, so cheers.I really like this movie too and I think that everybody that worked in this movie did great, just everybody:actors, producer,director, photography,editing,script, etc.Lee Marvin and Bob Wiley were superb, its just so amazing, every line is so good, theres so much satire for the way human beings are, in reality this film is a big laugh on society : )

[wildmanbeyond]

The singer was neil diamond. lol

[dunnydundutta]

Good flick,Bill's the Man.

[Cobretti20001]

great review ocp, am happy am subscribed.

[1d7g]

good review man and i love What About Bob its a good movie man and for me the movie gets 5 out of 5 comedy gold

[kentuckycunctator]

I love this movie.

Don't hassle me, I'm local.