Reception
The film received generally negative reviews. It currently has 35% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews (7 positive; 13 negative). Roger Ebert greeted the film with two stars and also rated it (along with colleague Gene Siskel) thumbs down on their television program, stating that Pee-wee entered the real world, and, comparing it to Pee-wee's Playhouse, dubbed by the duo as "the television show" and Pee-wee's Big Adventure (by claiming that the characters in those have absolutely no connection with reality whatsoever). The negative reviews reflected the action at the box office; where it grossed $15,122,000, suffering from competition with Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Fish Called Wanda, Bambi (of which was being reissued at the time), among other summer movies.
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