Average Rating: 3.4/10
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Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 17
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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
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Sinbad offers some unusual advice on how to make friends in this wacky comedy. Kevin Franklin (Sinbad) is a guy who dreams of starting his own business. However, getting it off the ground is another matter altogether, and soon Kevin discovers that the two loan sharks who fronted him money want to be paid, and paid promptly, otherwise Kevin will be spending some time in the hospital. On the run through an airport, Kevin is trying to find a way out when he overhears Gary Young (Phil Hartman)
Jan 6, 1995 Wide
Oct 8, 2002
All Critics (21) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (17) | DVD (2)
Turns out to be an inane fish-out-of-water comedy. Along the way it turns into a virtual McDonald's commercial, too. The fact that you can hardly tell the difference is a good clue to the movie's bad-television flavor.
As good-natured as its big, beefy star, comedian Sinbad.
In its worst moments, Houseguest becomes a struggle in which a very human comedian fights to project his personality over the director's technological muddle. But the good news is that Sinbad wins.
Plot-wise, there's little here beyond a few insubstantial strands.
Comedy at its most formulaic.
Waste of Phil Hartman and Sinbad
Who decided Sinbad needed to star in a movie and what should we do to them when we find out?
Tedious and unfocused...the contrivance in this forgettable comedy is inexplicably unbearable
here's that eviction notice
A film that lacks solid construction from the ground up, something that can't be "fixed in the editing," I'm afraid.
Like the housepest of the title, Sinbad's character here is more annoying than amusing and before the film is over you may just wish he'd go away.
HILARIOUS! In "Houseguest," Kevin Franklin (Sinbad) stars as a houseguest that wasn't supposed to be a houseguest. Kevin is in trouble with a few people and they threaten to kill him if he doesn't give them $50,000 the next day. Kevin ends up pretending to be a long lost friend of Gary (Phil Hartman) and his family.
September 10, 2009Super Reviewer
Sinbad plays a funny character that sneaks into a familes house to dodge some mobsters, posing as a long-time friend. The plot is predictable, it seems like its been done before, and its not really that orginal... But Sinbad and Hartman both play great roles that bring the movie to life. It actually turns out to be
April 20, 2008Super Reviewer
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