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  1. What About Bob? remained in the top-ten highest-grossing films for seven weeks. [38] In total, What About Bob? grossed $63.7 million compared to its $39 million budget, making it the 15th highest-grosing film of 1991. [38] [39] [3] This also made it Buena Vista's second highest-grossing live action film of the year behind Father of the Bride. [40]

  2. What About Bob?: Directed by Frank Oz. With Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Charlie Korsmo. A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.

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    • Comedy
    • Frank Oz
    • 1991-05-17
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    Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) is a good-natured man who suffers from multiple phobias. He feels good about the results of an initial session with Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss), a New York psychiatrist with a huge ego, but is immediately left on his own with a copy of Leo’s new book, Baby Steps, when the doctor goes on vacation to Lake Winnipesaukee, ...

    What About Bob? was a financial success. It grossed $63 million domestically during its original theatrical run plus an additional $29 million in video rentals and sales bringing its overall domestic gross to $92 million.Critical reaction was also favorable. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 82% based on reviews f...

    The movie was filmed in and around the town of Moneta, Virginia, located on Smith Mountain Lake. Production had to move south because at the real Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, the leaves were already turning for the fall season. While there is a lake in New Hampshire named Winnipesaukee, there is no town by that name (as the film implies). F...

  3. May 17, 1991 · An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin tries to get him to leave; the trouble is, everyone loves Bob. As his oblivious patient makes himself at home, Dr. Marvin loses his professional composure and, before long, may be ready for the loony bin himself. Frank Oz.

  4. Sep 10, 2012 · With Dreyfuss and Murray on top form, not even the familiar plotline - uptight rich person meets free-wheeling poor person and learns about life - can prevent this lunatic comedy from being funny ...

  5. Synopsis. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss) has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob ...

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  7. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a mentally unstable patient who follows his egotistical psychotherapist Dr. Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss) on vacation. When Bob befriends the other members of Leo's family, the patient's problems push the doctor over the edge. The film received positive reviews and grossed $63.7 million in the US.

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