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Release Date:
21 April 1989 (USA) morePlot:
Ray is a man obsessed with his own mortality. When Ray's best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray is... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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One of my most favorite movies moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jeff Daniels | ... | Ray Macklin |
 | Melanie Mayron | ... | Jenny Macklin |
| Michael Tucker | ... | Harry Lardner |
 | Kathleen York | ... | Diana |
 | Ann Magnuson | ... | Connie Hagen |
 | Allan Havey | ... | Pat Hagen |
| Jo Harvey Allen | ... | Barbara |
| Ian Wolfe | ... | Mr. D'Amato |
| Billy Beck | ... | Father Carmody |
| Trudy Dochterman | ... | Val |
| John Durbin | ... | Spencer Gillinger |
| Adelle Lutz | ... | Dr. Helmsley |
| Felton Perry | ... | Dr. Duffin |
 | Allan Rich | ... | Dr. Haskell |
| Danton Stone | ... | Dr. Wolfe |
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There are many many scenes in this movie that are just hilarious. The characters are just great. From this movie I became an Alex Havey fan, as well as the guy who sells him the medical equipment. Whenever I see him in a movie now I always think back to the great scene in this movie when father and son are bonding over hypochondria.
My favorite scene is right in the beginning when Melonie Mayron says "We won't do it again," to the security guards after they set off their house alarm. The movie is over the top, but it just keeps coming, The funny thing about the no punchlines comment mentioned above is that the whole movie the Jeff Daniels character is trying to find out the punchline of the joke his friend the Alex Havey character was telling when he dies. The movie is riddled with stupid punchlines.
You also may want to know that the backers of this movie include David Byrne and George Harrison.
I have to say that this is the first time I reviewed a movie here. This is the one that made me want to do it.