Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ever.
Big Top Pee-wee has generally received mixed reviews.
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Big Top Pee-wee was released in 1988 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 211 reviews, giving Big Top Pee-wee (1988) an average rating of 43%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 55%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 45%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Big Top Pee-wee than critics were.
With a score of 43%, Big Top Pee-wee is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
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