Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 13
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Paul Reubens's followup to the box-office hit Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is just as outrageous and cartoonish, though not as good. This time, child-man Pee-Wee runs a colorful farm, chock full of talking animals and outsized produce. On the morning after a tornado of Wizard of Oz dimensions, Pee-Wee awakens to discover that a travelling circus has been deposited in his back yard. Befriended by circus owner Kris Kristofferson, Pee-Wee takes an acrobatic job, hoping to impress lovely trapeze artist
Jul 22, 1988 Wide
Jul 6, 2004
Paramount Home Video
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Cast
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Paul Reubens
Pee Wee Herman -
Kris Kristofferson
Mace Montana -
Valeria Golino
Gina Piccolapupula -
Penelope Ann Miller
Winnie -
Susan Tyrrell
Midge Montana -
Albert Henderson
Mr. Ryan -
Terrence Mann
Snowball the Clown -
Jack Murdock
Otis -
David Byrd
Deke -
Mary Jackson
Mrs. Dill -
Frances Bay
Mrs. Haynes -
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Joey Arias
Shim the Half Man/Half ... -
Franco Columbu
Otto The Strongman -
Vance Colvig
Clownie -
Benicio Del Toro
Duke the Dog-Faced Boy -
Leo Gordon
Joe The Blacksmith -
Kevin Peter Hall
Big John -
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Matthias Hues
Oscar The Lion Tamer -
Jay Robinson
Cock -
Anne Seymour
Pearl -
Eve Smith
Bunny -
Lynne Marie Stewart
Zelda Bearded Lady -
Bunny Summers
Costume Woman -
Kenneth Tobey
Sheriff -
Randy Wayne White
Vance the Pig -
John Sherrod
Del The Human Cannonbal... -
Dustin Diamond
Child - Deke -
Carol Infield Siff
Dot Siamese Twin -
Helen Siff
Ruth Siamese Twin
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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (15) | DVD (7)
Uneven, loopy cult favorite.
A yeowling comedy. Look out for those sight gags.
It's too bad that Tim Burton went on to bigger and better things.
Even the animals want to run away with another circus.
If there's a lower form of comedy than circus humor I've yet to encounter it.
What a waste.
Pee-wee's always funny, but Randal Kleiser doesn't know what to do with him.
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