Salute to Television
Movie #1 (Whoa…that’s TWO movies about characters who write for soap
operas) Oh, and please click the link to read my review of Eddie Murphy's Delirious.
Synopsis: Loveable-but-overweight
scriptwriter bangs Mariel Hemingway and Emma Samms. Yup, it’s all a big dream
sequence!
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “JOHN CANDY IS DELIRIOUS!” (This
is a special screening copy, so there’s no write-up blurb on the back)
What Did I Learn?:
If you ever want to give Robert Wagner the brush-off, just ask: “Don’t you have
a miniseries to do?”
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Movie If: You sometimes feel as though you're trapped in a bad soap opera.
Really?: Most of Delirious is an hallucination, so it’s a
little unfair to judge it on its overall credibility. That said, I had a
difficult time believing Jack would become especially agitated about getting
his cable fixed in order to watch the soap opera he writes. He works for a TV network - he would have no trouble watching it at the office, or getting a VHS tape.
Rating: Delirious is a long-forgotten low-budget
John Candy comedy that bombed at the box office and both looks and feels like a
made-for-TV flick. It’s not a great movie by any stretch, but it's not that bad, either. Candy’s character
is likeable, the film has some genuinely amusing moments, and it’s a rare
opportunity to see Raymond Burr deliver some funny lines. 6.5/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101701/?ref_=nv_sr_3
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