An American comedy directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Don Ameche.
A man has problems when his mom gets sick, his dad is senile, he lost his job, his wife and kids run away, his sister brings her sons to live with him and he is being evicted from his home.
I would call this a tragi-comedy because nothing good happens until the happy ending. The main character (Tom Selleck) won a Razzie for worst acting, but I didn't think it was that bad. This was certainly written better than The Headsman (2005) and Fair Game (1995). The characters were identifiable and memorable. SAlthough I didn't like the plot, it was clearly presented. Video showed everything going on in an early '90s style and I could hear all of the dialogue. Some of it may have been poorly written and poorly acted, but I could hear it. I've never come down too hard on a film for being too hokey, so I this has not earned my ire. I rate it o.k. because there is much worse stuff to watch and I almost enjoyed it.
An American comedy directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche.
The two owners of a stock trading company set up a scam to have one of their employees reduced to a hobo and have a hobo put in his place. They bet a dollar on it, but the misplaced hobo and stock trader find out and have to set up another scam on the company owners.
This wasn't all that great. Most of the humor just was not funny. I thought that they over-expanded the plot from too simple a premise and the characters lacked depth and were not developed in any way. The pacing was my main issue. It seemed to take almost forever for anything to happen. Technical aspects of audio and video were fine, but I think it was just badly written. Overall, a well made, but mediocre film. I rate it poor because I won't tolerate mediocrity here.
