adonis98-743-186503 When eccentric man-child Pee-Wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is without a doubt one of Tim Burton's worst films, i was very much amazed by how awful this film was even for someone like Burton who has made excellent movies like Batman, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice and many many more films. The acting was very childish, the main character was down right stupid and annoying and felt like an american rip-off of Mr.Bean just outrageous. The plot of the film was even stupider than the main star itself. Definitely not a film that i can recommend even for Burton Fans. (0/10)

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moonspinner55 In 1985, Pee-wee Herman (a.k.a. Paul Reubens) was mostly familiar to American audiences via his MTV appearances, inserted gamely as a stunt comedian between segments, or as a guest on David Letterman's show. Certainly few people believed an entire movie headlined by Pee-wee Herman would take off (indeed, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert didn't even review the movie during its theatrical run; Siskel later put it on his Worst of '85 list). Luckily for Reubens, green but imaginative short subjects filmmaker Tim Burton was assigned to direct, and the picture does indeed fly despite some fundamental problems. The plot--Herman's prized bicycle is stolen by his nemesis, sending him across several states to reclaim it--doesn't really matter because so much of the extraneous detail is effervescent enough to completely captivate an audience. However, Burton plods a bit through some episodes, and he isn't helped by the editing, which feels blunt or choppy; he also drops the ball with about 10 minutes left on the clock, finishing the film rather conventionally. Still, Pee-wee isn't tarnished by the picture's faults; in a natty gray suit and red bow-tie, his hair in a '50s-style crew cut, Herman is a grown-up child living in his own world, and not above an occasional outburst or getting into mischief. He's funny and foolish--and scarily appealing. *** from ****

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU TIM BURTON – PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE – 1985That sure is a comedy, what do I say, a farce indeed in Molière's style, and as they say in French "Bonjour les dégâts!" meaning something like "Good Morning Vietnam!" I must say there is no logic, no real development of any theme at all, except absurdity and tomfoolery, maybe some masquerade and charade in shambles. And it is funny just because it is absurd.But really what's left at the end of it, will you ask or shouldn't I say shall you ask? Life us absurd. We knew that. Crooks end up in prison. Let me doubt that one. Love is number one human interest. Ah Ah maybe in Hollywood but is it for real in life? Let me be dubitative, or is it doubtful I should say? Some physical episode maybe but Pee-Wee loves his dog and his bike more than anything and anyone else. Love is mental not physical like they pretend in Hollywood. The film then is some good exercise of a rookie director who is learning his job and tries to make teenagers and children laugh. A dinosaur in your cup of tea is always funny and a few snakes in your hands will make any infant laugh like hell. Or be frightened to high heavens.Some will say we have all the magic of Tim Burton in this old film. I don't think so. Tim Burton's art is not in this twisted absurd story but in the spirituality he will often reach beyond the surface of things. And here the spirituality is rather light and the surface is rarely pushed aside to get something more empathetic and sweetly cultural.The only moment I see something deeper is when he makes fun of Hollywood. That is both deserved and justified. Hollywood has to put some flesh on this absurd skeleton of a story and that flesh is a couple of kiss, a lascivious girl friend and some hot steam we can imagine in the background, though we know better and the pee-wee actor and his girl friend actress are only making out for the screen and in real life they may hate each other, the man may prefer men and the woman may prefer women. Make believe and nothing else. But the real Pee Wee is just the same. Make believe and nothing else. Well, I guess the first steps of Tim Burton were not yet very brilliant as for the mental side of things. I guess he could not go lower and he was bound to improve. See you in the next episode.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU