Product Details

• Actors: Matthew Broderick, Jeffrey Jones, Heidi Kling, John C. Reilly, Marian Mercer
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios Ho
• VHS Release Date: June 30, 1993
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302598494
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,385 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Out on a Limb", January 5, 2001

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EDMONTONROX (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Out On A Limb [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While browsing at a local video store on a rainy weekend, the box for a movie called "Out on a Limb" caught my eye. Watching VHS motion pictures has been one of my most frequent hobbies since I was about ten years old, yet the movie was completely new to me. That struck me as bizarre, since Matthew Broderick is one of my favorite comedians. After substantial research, I discovered that "Out on a Limb" was not a box office success. When yours truly asked ten people what they knew about the 1992 comedy, seven of them didn't have the vaguest idea of what movie I was referring to. Following my rental and viewing of "Out on a Limb", I was generally impressed. It bared resemblence to some of the classic television comedies such as "Laurel and Hardy" and "The 3 Stooges". In other words, this film should be classified as a gagfest, full of little puns and laughers. Though not at all a fan of the classic comedies listed above, I found "Out on a Limb" to be refreshingly enjoyable. Broderick played a common civilian in the plot that was stitched together to include a middle-aged woman taking the civilian hostage and forcing him to do ridiculous things. My main point about "Out on a Limb" is that there is a storyline, and that does the job of making it into a real movie, contrary to many Adam Sandler and Chris Farley films which have no plot. Funny little jokes are included in basically every scene, and, the significance of each joke isn't important since the jokes go from character to character: the jokes will go from the kidnapper to the victim to the police and were initially from a little elementary school girl telling her class what happened on summer vacation. In conclusion, there aren't many clean and outright funny movies like this one out in today's society. It's crystal clear to me that the average movie buff has to have "out of this world" special effects sprinkled on top with sex and violence. This is different in every way, but it is one of the better comedies that I have viewed. Although critic's may disagree with me, I think that Matthew Broderick wasn't as funny 5 years earlier with "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" because that seemed to be a tired movie with nothing to the imagination. If you're looking for an enjoyable movie that makes you think and makes you laugh, then "Out on a Limb" is a winner.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a sleeper, November 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Out on a Limb [VHS] (VHS Tape)

this movie is a real sleeper one of the funnier movies I have seen. I especially like the brothers the 2 Jim's. One brother is named after his father and the other is named after his grandfather. See it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Out on a Limb, June 25, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Out On A Limb [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a little flawed movie, but it has some hysterically funny moments. The two Jim brothers are on my top 10 list of comedic characters. We still joke about "Field Clothes" in my family. Definitly worth a look.