Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

What do you get when you combine a totally boss red Schwinn bike, a pair of oversized white platform shoes and a fun-loving man child who’s a loner and a rebel? It’s Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, duh!  Director Tim Burton first burst onto the big screen with this hilariously oddball adventure detailing the only relationship that really matters: the one between a boy and his beloved bike. Hitch a ride with the one-and-only Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) as he sets out on the cross country road trip to end all cross country roads trips, encountering action, danger and an overload of wacky characters in his thrilling quest to reclaim his stolen bicycle. Mean bikers, wild animals, sneaky ninjas, tone-deaf vagabonds, French-loving waitresses, vengeful boyfriends, escaped convicts, a clumsy Godzilla, a perky gal pal named Dottie, even an undead trucker  – nothing will get between our hero and his sweet two-wheeler. Co-written by Reubens and Phil Hartman, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure is a wild and wacky candy-colored comedy that will never grow up … not that we’d ever want it to, of course. Don’t miss one of the best, most hilarious films of the ‘80s (or any decade) on the big screen. (Dir. by Tim Burton, 1985, USA, 90 mins., Rated PG)