YMMV / There Goes The Neighborhood

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• Alternative Joke Interpretation: Was Lydia actually secretly sleeping with Marty all along or did she purposefully invoke Jeffrey's jealousy in order to get him out of the way?
• Cult Classic: It's niche, but there's a fanbase that does definitely remember this movie and think back on it fondly.
• Funny Moments: Marvin panics when Lyle calls out to him and uncontrollably fires his gun at the wall while he's watching 48 Hrs. on the TV, during which Peedi screams hysterically, Norm is mad that his valuable painting was wrecked and then Lyle returns, exacerbated by both the reason he rushed back—seeing Willis next door—and the fact that he nearly got killed just now too.
  Lyle: May I speak without getting shot at!?
  Harry: Oh Marvin, we really gotta get you more pills.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Jeremy Piven (Albert) calling Marty "a sex fiend" given the allegations against him.
• Magnificent Bastard: Norman "Norm" Rutledge is a seemingly mundane businessman who is in actuality a survivalist and possible spy with connections to multiple countries. When he and his wife Peedi are abducted by crooks searching for mob money they think is buried in their house's foundation, Norm gives offhand advice about how better to keep themselves from being caught while still playing hostage. Eventually, Norm reveals who he really is to them and is able to sway the brutish and manic Marvin Boyd to his side and take control of the situation, while also plotting to take the crooks out after too. Norm then instructs the crooks to shoot at Willis Embry and Jessie Lodge to get to where the money actually is. He also instructs keeping Peedi hostage, shooting anyone else who might get in their way with his contraband guns and using grenades to blow a tunnel to try to get to the house next door.
• Retroactive Recognition: Jonathan Banks as Handsome Harry about 17 years before he premiered as Mike Ehrmantraut.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Albert being the one who threatens Willis and Jessie for the briefcase with the crossbow rather than Marty would've made that climactic moment more personal and resolved that plotline effectively.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Lydia and Jeffrey being nosy neighbors—and thus joining the pursuit for the money—is not a direction the movie ends up going and their plotline instead boils down to Jeffrey thinking Lydia is having an affair with Marty.

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