The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

I am not exactly a Carol Burnett fan because here in Italy is not very known and she hasn't made that many movies to begin with. However, there is one reason why I saw THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER OVER THE SEPTIC TANK: it's the first movie Eric Stoltz has ever made, and on his Instagram page he posted some photos from it when Charles Grodin died in 2021.

Dorothy and Jim Benson (Burnett and Grodin) are a couple of New Yorkers that can't stand life in the big city anymore and so they decide to move in the suburbs thinking that it's easier living there. They move, but also life in the suburbs has it's problems: housing tracks without lawns unless they use the septic tank, bathroom and kitchen objects that don't work, neighbours without shame and a dog huge as a lion that ends up sprayed by a skunk. The Benson family decides to stay and just before the end the grass grows on their porch like for magic.

I didn't loved nor hated this TV Burnett vehicle. There were some funny moments and some that fell flat but overall the acting was good and the ending very rewarding. If you stumble upon it on Youtube and you are a fan of the cast members, give it a try.