One man's quiet suburban life takes a turn for the worse when a young couple move into the house next door.
From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who should be living in such a nice street.
As more unbelievable events happen, he starts to question his own sanity.......
John Belushi was a legend. He was hilarious, straight to the point, and unpredictable. So why on earth cast him as the straight guy next to Ackroyds 'crazy' titular character?
This is where the film fails, it's not believable one iota. Imagine Nicolas Cage playing straight next to Tom Hanks who is in cuckoo mode? It just doesn't stick.
So we go through the same old motions of Ackroyd antagonising Belushi, taking his money, taking his car, and generally being a complete moron.
of course, this falls on death ears for the rest of his family, believing that he is too highly strung. And then we have an unfunny subplot involving Moriarty trying to bed Belushi.
It's supposed to carry the message 'Love thy Neighbour' with a comic twist, but it's never funny, never as awkward for Belushi that it should be, and it leaves you feeling pretty redundant come the end.
It was a risk for the two leads to change their atypical roles, but it doesn't pay off sadly.
From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who should be living in such a nice street.
As more unbelievable events happen, he starts to question his own sanity.......
John Belushi was a legend. He was hilarious, straight to the point, and unpredictable. So why on earth cast him as the straight guy next to Ackroyds 'crazy' titular character?
This is where the film fails, it's not believable one iota. Imagine Nicolas Cage playing straight next to Tom Hanks who is in cuckoo mode? It just doesn't stick.
So we go through the same old motions of Ackroyd antagonising Belushi, taking his money, taking his car, and generally being a complete moron.
of course, this falls on death ears for the rest of his family, believing that he is too highly strung. And then we have an unfunny subplot involving Moriarty trying to bed Belushi.
It's supposed to carry the message 'Love thy Neighbour' with a comic twist, but it's never funny, never as awkward for Belushi that it should be, and it leaves you feeling pretty redundant come the end.
It was a risk for the two leads to change their atypical roles, but it doesn't pay off sadly.