Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

mwcrunner This is a kids movie that I have never seen before and I remember a friend of mine owning this movie once. This movie tells about one of the oldest kids TV characters ever. Pee-Wee Herman. It starts with Pee-Wee getting ready for a beautiful day and then he runs into his old enemy Francis who offers to buy his bike, but Pee-Wee refuses the offer and Francis comes up with a plan to get Pee-Wees bike. Pee-Wee Herman parks his bike on a clown statue and buys some stuff from a magic store and buys a new horn for his bike at the bikorama. Then when he went back to his bike, it was gone. Dun Dun Duunnnn! He then tries to find out who's responsible for stealing it and the first suspect was Francis and Francis lies about himself stealing his bike cause he did steal it and sold it to some thug. Pee-Wee goes to see a fortune teller and she tells him that his bike is in this place in Texas and he goes there by hitching a ride with a convicted felon named Mickey. Then they both drive off a cliff and then Mickey drives off without Pee-Wee and then Pee-Wee wanders off by himself in the dark down the road until a truck driver by the name of Large Marge picks him up. She tells Pee-Wee the story of a truck driver who died 10 years before this films release and then drops him off at a bar and he tells them that Large Marge sent him and they all gasped. For you see Large Marge was the truck driver that died 10 years ago and she was a ghost. Then he goes to a prehistoric museum and spends the night with this girl named Simone and she tells him that she wants to go to Paris but her boyfriend who was a tall fat man wouldn't let her. He then chases Pee-Wee with a big bone and then Pee-Wee hitches a ride with a homeless man who kept singing folk songs and then goes riding on a bull and then goes into a bar with a motorcycle gang in it and he does a dance for them after he accidentally knocks over their motorcycles. Pee-Wee then gets into a motorcycle wreck and goes to a hospital and has a bad dream with doctor clowns and Francis dressed as the devil and burning his bike in a cauldron of lava and when he wakes up he sees on television that his bike was sold to a snobby child star in Hollywood California and goes to get it and then gets into a wild chase from Hollywood security and then sees a pet store that's on fire and rescues the pets inside and then he's taken back to Warner Bros. studios and his story gets turned into a movie. Wow what a coincidence. lol A movie with the same title that's in this lol. Pee-Wee watches the movie with all the friends he came across too and Francis gets launched away from Pee-Wee's bike. lol Also there's a stop motion animation scene where this tyrannosaurs rex eats his bike. Also Pee-Wee gets a girlfriend in this. Her name is Dottie and she's played by the same voice actress who did the voice of Tommy Pickles in Rugrats and Powerpuff Girl Buttercup. All in all this movie may contain scenes that kids might find a little frightening for them, but those scenes don't scare me. I just laugh when I see them. lol. This is a good movie that came out the same year that Back to the Future came out anyway and I could tell that this movie tells the future of Tim Burton's career when he would make the Nightmare Before Christmas cause there are Halloween decorations in Pee-Wee's house.

rzajac The odd thing about the Big Adventure is what an oddly well-made flick it is. Reuben appears to have great comedic sense/timing, Burton whips the second string cast into decent shape, and Burton's general skills in directing set design, choosing shots, setting theatrical tone, and (no doubt) his contribution to the final edit make the flick actually work. In spite of it being a bizarre, cubistic picaresquerie, the story continually rewards your investment of time and attention.But, of course, it's not a "great" movie. At heart, it's a string of comic bits which range in quality from watchable to classic. The premise isn't that someone stole Pee-Wee's bike; it's that Pee-Wee woke up in the morning. Hence, something fundamentally milkable for comic value was bound to ensue, regardless.I loved this flick, as I also loved P-W's Playhouse, back in the day. The man was absolutely ON FIRE as Pee-Wee, and I hope his legacy is appreciated as a significant part of American pop culture history.The Big Adventure is a not-half-bad encapsulation of the wonder of Pee- Wee.

FilmBuff1994 Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a good movie with a well developed storyline and a great comedic cast.The movie is not heartwarming or has anything like character development or an intriguing story,it is simply a funny comedy,and honestly,that's all it really needs to be,it's certainly not one of my favourite movies but I didn't go beyond five minutes without something making me laugh.This movie is the directorial debut of Tim Burton,and he did a great job,he has gone on to prove that he is a great and very unique director,and this very unusual movie was given to the right person to film it.Funny,short and sweet,I would recommend Pee-wee's Big Adventure to anyone looking for a good comedy if they have some time to kill. Pee-Wee Herman sets off across America in pursuit of his stolen bike and gets embroiled in a bizarre adventure.Best Performance: Paul Reubens

gavin6942 When eccentric man-child Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the United States on the adventure of his life.While this is Tim Burton's first feature film, it does not have the dark tones he was later known for. But it does have the elaborate inventions he is sometimes associated with. Reubens and Phil Hartman wrote in the script that "a machine makes breakfast", but it was Burton's crew that really made it something memorable. (Reubens was the one who hand-picked Burton, narrowing the choice down from 100 options. He actually went against the studio's choice, who remains nameless.)But not only did this film launch Burton's wildly successful career, it also launched the career of Danny Elfman. Elfman had already been in music as part of Oingo Boingo, but had not yet transitioned to composing. After this film, he never looked back and is now among the most successful in the business. Besides his work with Burton, he is now known for the "Simpsons" theme, which is probably one of the best-known songs throughout the world. (As of 2014, he has four Oscar nominations but zero wins. Come on, Academy!) Heck, this film even launched the career of E. G. Daily, who plays Pee-Wee's sort-of girlfriend. She is now better known for "Rugrats" and "Powerpuff Girls", among others. This was also the same year she signed a recording contract. (She was later married to Rick Salomon, a man known for his relationships with Paris Hilton, Shannon Doherty and Pam Anderson.) The DVD commentary is very insightful, and we learn a bit more about Reubens and Hartman's background in the Groundlings, and how Pee-Wee sort of developed out of his rejection from "Saturday Night Live". In retrospect, it may have been the best rejection he could ever have wanted.