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A 1988 American comedy directed by Creator/GeorgeRoyHill that has a couple (Creator/ChevyChase and Creator/MadolynSmith) moving into a small town and find it to be more than it appears to be.

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A 1988 American comedy directed by Creator/GeorgeRoyHill that has a couple New York City sportswriter and his wife (Creator/ChevyChase and Creator/MadolynSmith) moving into to a small town in Vermont and find finding it to be more than it appears to be.



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* YouCantMissIt: The movers get lost trying to find the couple's new house. A local gives them directions that only a local would understand, including instructions to turn where landmarks used to be. They arrive a day late and pissed off.

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* YouCantMissIt: The movers get lost trying to find the couple's new house. A local gives them directions that only a local would understand, including instructions to turn where landmarks used to be. They arrive a day late and pissed off.off.

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* SuckinessIsPainful: Subverted. Liz indeed starts crying when she reads Andy's manuscript and sees how bad it is, but it's not so much because it sucks as it is her realizing that all the crap they've put up with since moving to Redbud has been for ''nothing''.

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* SuckinessIsPainful: Subverted. Liz indeed starts crying when she reads Andy's manuscript and sees how bad it is, but it's not so much because it his book sucks as it is her realizing that it will never sell, so all the crap they've put up with since moving to Redbud has been for ''nothing''.

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* IAteWhat: Andy's reaction on learning that the "lamb fries" he is eating are actually sheep testicles. He spits the one in his mouth out so hard it bounces off the wall and lands in someone's beer.



* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. When one of the locals gets a fishing hook stuck on his face, Andy wants to knock him out so he can easily take out the hook. After several blows, the man is not knocked out, just pissed off, and done of his friends wonders if Andy is just beating him up.

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* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. When one of the locals gets a fishing hook stuck on his face, Andy wants to knock him out so he can easily take out the hook. After several blows, the man is not knocked out, just pissed off, and done one of his friends wonders if Andy is just beating him up.

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* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. When one of the locals gets a fishing hook stuck on his face, Andy wants to knock him out so he can easily take out the hook. After several blows, the man is not knocked out, just pissed off, an done of his friends wonders if Andy is just beating him up.

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* SuckinessIsPainful: Subverted. Liz indeed starts crying when she reads Andy's manuscript and sees how bad it is, but it's not so much because it sucks as it is her realizing that all the crap they've put up with since moving to Redbud has been for ''nothing''.
* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. When one of the locals gets a fishing hook stuck on his face, Andy wants to knock him out so he can easily take out the hook. After several blows, the man is not knocked out, just pissed off, an and done of his friends wonders if Andy is just beating him up.
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* DeconstructiveParody: Of the hoary old "CityMouse moves to the country and goes through some culture clash, but ultimately learns to appreciate it." In this one, most of the locals really are actively malicious toward their new neighbors, and the city slickers are fully justified in hating the place.
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A 1988 American comedy directed by Creator/GeorgeRoyHill that has a couple (Creator/ChevyChase and Creator/MadolynSmith) moving into a small town and find it to be more than it appears to be.

The movie also stars Creator/JosephMaher, Creator/JackGilpin, Creator/BradSullivan, Creator/KevinOMorrison, Creator/MikeStarr, Creator/GlennPlummer, and Creator/AliceDrummond.

It was released on June 3, 1988.

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* ForeignQueasine: Andy enjoys a local delicacy called "lamb fries", which (he subsequently learns) are actually sheep testicles.
* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. When one of the locals gets a fishing hook stuck on his face, Andy wants to knock him out so he can easily take out the hook. After several blows, the man is not knocked out, just pissed off, an done of his friends wonders if Andy is just beating him up.
* WritersBlock: Andy and his wife move to a small rural town to write a book. Then he just stares at his typewriter until he falls asleep.
* YouCantMissIt: The movers get lost trying to find the couple's new house. A local gives them directions that only a local would understand, including instructions to turn where landmarks used to be. They arrive a day late and pissed off.

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