When a burnt-out shrink needs a temp, a charming escaped convict takes over his practice and radio show.When a burnt-out shrink needs a temp, a charming escaped convict takes over his practice and radio show.When a burnt-out shrink needs a temp, a charming escaped convict takes over his practice and radio show.
Storyline
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- TriviaChevy Chase: As a father in a television commercial while Dan Aykroyd is in a limousine with Donna Dixon.
- GoofsWhen Burns jumps from the building, his stunt man is easy to detect despite the angle in which the scene was shot.
- Quotes
Female announcer: An important message from Mentor condoms.
Condom Father: Dear son. The other day I was rummaging through your room. There was an odor coming out and I wanted to see if your hamster had died. Turned out to be just your old gym socks. Then I ran across a box of your favorite mementos. A four-leaf clover. A vending-machine photo of you and Sally. And a partially-used box of Mentor condoms. It made me proud to think that my son is one of those people who can have his cake and eat it too. Son, I'm proud of you and I'm proud of your choice of condoms. Love, Dad.
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by Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport) and Eddie Cooley
Hudson Bay Music, Inc. on behalf of Fort Knox Music, Inc. / Trio Music Company, Inc.
Dan Aykroyd stars as a mental patient with skills who outmaneuvers the head doctor and pretends to be him to take a job elsewhere, with the ensuing mayhem that follows until the eventual discovery (sort of) of the deception, a story which has been told before but never with as much fun. Aykroyd is brilliant as the mental patient along the way he bumps into Walter Matthau who adds to the mayhem, Matthau does a good job in the role but is not trying to hard to upstage Aykroyd, and Charles Grodin as another shrink who has gone a bit crazy himself is pretty good. The support actors are generally good, Donna Dixon ( the real life wife of Dan Aykroyd) is a bit wooden but the others are ok, but it doesn't matter as Aykroyd, Grodin & Matthau are running the show.
The story is a bit implausible and its well over the top, but deliciously funny. Michael Ritchie directs very well and the pace is kept moving quite well. Its only 1hr 37 min long, you could have added another 10-20 mins on and it would still be as funny if not more. One of the better comedy films of the 80's.
When writing it has a 5.8 rating on here ? But it is much better than that.
- michaelarmer
- Dec 5, 2019
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Der Couch-Trip
- Filming locations
- Century City Towers, Los Angeles, California, USA(Harvey Michaels office.)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $19,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,005,304
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,351,891
- Jan 17, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $11,005,304