Perfect Strangers (1986)★ 7.2/10
- Comedy
- Family
Directed by: Joel Zwick, Judy Pioli, Richard Correll, Greg Antonacci, James O'Keefe
Written by: Dale McRaven, John B. Collins, Paula A. Roth, Tom Devanney, Barry O'Brien
A high-strung and cynical man's life is never the same when his naive but good-natured cousin comes to America to live with him.
- Original title
- Perfect Strangers
- Storyline
- Balki Bartokomous, a sheepherder from the small Mediterranean Greek-like island of Mypos, travels to the United States in search of his relatives. He finds his cousin, Larry Appleton - who has recently 'escaped' from his large-sized family and is reveling in the unaccustomed luxury of having his own room to himself. They end up sharing accommodation in Larry's apartment - even though the two cousins could not be more dissimilar. For, while Larry is panicky, hyperventilative, business-like and mercenary - Balki is placid, unharried, sunny-natured and idealistic.
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 12,413
- Companies
- Lorimar Productions, Lorimar Telepictures, Lorimar Television, Miller/Boyett Productions, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Antenne 2 (A2), Canal+, Cuatro, ION Television, Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO), Nick at Nite, RTL 7, TV Land, Télé Monte Carlo, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros., Warner Home Video
- Release dates
- US March 25, 1986
- GB January 3, 1987
- AU December 2, 1987
- FR July 27, 1988
- NL October 3, 1988
- XWG June 28, 1990
- PL August 14, 2000
- BR March 25, 2006
- CA February 5, 2008
- SG February 28, 2019