Movie Info

At the height of the standup-comedy boom of the 1980s, this film offered the revelation that many comedians were, in fact, rather psychologically unst...(read more...) able individuals for whom performing was an outlet for hostility and aggression. Wow--who would have guessed? This film focuses on two who meet and forge an unlikely friendship: Tom Hanks plays a caustic, self-destructive comic looking for his big break and Sally Field plays a more Roseannelike comedian who begins neglecting her husband (John Goodman) and children because she gets such a kick out of performing. The offstage stuff is strictly soap opera, but Hanks and Field both develop solid comedic rhythms once they get behind a microphone. --Marshall Fine

Director: David Seltzer

MPAA: R

Running Time: 128 min.

Release Date: Sep 30, 1988

Cast: Damon Wayans, John Goodman, Kim Greist, Mark Rydell, Paul Mazursky, Sally Field, Tom Hanks