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This article contains major spoilers for The Money Pit (1986).
So what actually happens at the end?
The Money Pit (1986) directed by Richard Benjamin, runs 91 minutes, sits in the comedy genre. Plot setup: After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. The film carries the tagline "For everyone who's ever been deeply in love or deeply in debt." through to its closing act. The scene-by-scene breakdown of the closing act follows below.
Plot recap leading into the ending
The Money Pit is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as Walter Fielding and Anna Crowley, a couple who attempt to renovate a recently purchased house. The film is a loose remake of the 1948 Cary Grant comedy film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, and was filmed in New York City and Lattingtown, New York. It was co-executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
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After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare.
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