A peculiar tale about a routine man, played by Tom Hanks, with a job and a life that stinks who goes to the doctor one day to find out that he has a "brain cloud." A brain cloud is an inoperable condition that will most certainly result in death; the doctor says that Hanks has only five months to live. Then he is confronted by a wealthy business owner who has an interesting proposition for him: he gets to live the life of a king being given several credit cards for his free use, but he has to jump into a volcano in return. Seeing that he only has a little while to live, Hanks accepts, and he also experiences one thing he never had in life: romance. Meg Ryan plays three roles in this flick and is usually funny.
____________________________________________________________________
Starring:
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, Dan Hedaya, Barry McGovern, Ossie Davis, Amanda Plummer
Directed by:
John Patrick Shanley
____________________________________________________________________
1990 comedy
Rated PG.
____________________________________________________________________
Don Ignacio's score: B