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1991 comedy movie about a psychiatrist and his patient
What About Bob?

What About Bob? is a 1991 black comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a psychiatric patient who follows his egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss) on vacation. When the unstable Bob befriends the other members of Marvin's family, it pushes the doctor over the edge.

Cast and Crew

Richard DreyfussDr. Leo Marvin, MD
Bill MurrayBob 'Bobby' Wiley

Video Products

What About Bob?, 11 Jul 2000
Widescreen

Articles

Freedom's Flicks: The 20 best libertarian movies of all time, Libertarian Party News, Nov 1999
Reports on The Orange County Register editors' choices for "20 Best Libertarian Movies of All Time"; includes short descriptions for each movie as well as "best libertarian moments" for the top ten
12. What About Bob? (1991). The best critique of psychology and psychiatry outside a Thomas Szasz book, and more hilarious. It stars Bill Murray in his funniest role as a "multi-phobic" patient driving psych-jockey Richard Dreyfus nuts.

The introductory paragraph uses material from the Wikipedia article "What About Bob?" as of 6 Oct 2018, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.