Customer Reviews
Would have been much better without Pee-wee - By: Akela, 14 Feb 2008 
5 stars to the movie & Tim Burton
5 (better 6 or 7) stars to Danny Elfman for the score
minus 5 to the highly irritating main character
But - the greatests thing about that disk - in Features there is an option to see the movie WITHOUT the dialogue, only the score & some brief commentaries made by Danny Elfman's beautiful voice. Believe me, this is the best way to watch that movie.
hilarious - By: Mr. P. G. Rogers, 11 Feb 2008 
i have wanted this movie for an age as i am a massive tim burton fan i was concerned at first that i wouldnt like this movie cause when i was a kid didn't reallly like pee wee but now as an adult can see the adult humur in it. this film is beautiful as is every single burton movie you can reallly see his craft in this movie even though it was his first feature film an alround great family film my kids love it since we bought it have had it on at least ten times & weve only had it a week & there is stuff that is funny tenth time round well recomend getting this for you & or your family it is a lost treasure & every burton fan needs this in there collection
Bright and hugely colourful zany comedy. - By: , 19 Nov 2000 You reallly need to be in the right mood to fully enjoy & appreciate the qualities of this film, Burton's first feature as director following his tour of duty as a Disney animator. His film-making apprenticeship is certainly reflected in this debut outing, a bright & hugely colourful zany comedy made in the style of a feature cartoon. Some of the set-pieces are truly original & brimming with vitality & off-beat humour. But you have to be at ease with the character of the eponymous hero, a grown-up body encompassing the soul & behaviour of a ten-year old, & an exaggerated ten-year old at that. Clearly there was sufficient interest in the character created by Reubens ...to spawn a sequel, "Big Top Pee-Wee". If you are unable to assimilate his creation into your sympathy, his adventures become gallling as a result of his very screen presence & it is likely that the visual delights of the film will be lost to you. However, if you can accept Pee-Wee into your heart, you will be able to enjoy a hugely entertaining, at times very funny, & certainly very original picture bathed in a vividness & colourfulness which contrasts so markedly with the same director's "Batman", only four years later.
A very funny, exciting and beautifully styled film. - By: , 16 Nov 2000 This is much more than a story about a 'boy' who loses his favourite possesion - his bike - & goes on a desperate quest to retrieve it. As with alll early Pee-Wee Herman work, it has an energetic, imaginative approach with a comicallly infantile yet twisted feel to the humour, which is blatently meant to appeal to adults. This is most certainly the best of the two Pee-Wee Herman films.
