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Movie Reviews of The Dream Team
Movie Review: One of the best comedies to ever grace the screen!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw the Dream Team when I was 16. I saw it once and I couldn't breathe from all of the laughing I was doing. I taped it off cable and kept that copy until I bought the DVD. The strength of this movie is the dialogue between the characters, the one-liners, and the terrific acting from four well-respected actors. I rank it as one of the greatest comedies ever. I wish it had received more notice when it was released back in 1989. It hasn't become dated with the times, however. It is very watchable today.
It's about four mental patients let loose in New York City, just trying to survive and save their hospitalized doctor from two crooked, murderous police officers. It's hilarious.
There's Billy, played by Michael Keaton, who is a pathological liar with a violent temper(he doesn't hurt anyone, really); Jack, played by Peter Boyle(Everybody Loves Raymond), who is a former ad exec. who thinks he's Jesus; Henry, played by Christopher Lloyd(Taxi, Back to the Future), the schizophrenic neat freak who thinks he's a doctor; finally, you have Albert, played by Stephen Furst(St.Elsewhere), the catatonic baseball fan who can only speak as a baseball announcer.
Other actors are Dennis Boutsikaris as Dr. Weitzman, the sympathetic psychiatrist of the group. You also have Lorraine Bracco(The Sopranos) as Billy Caulfield's ex-girlfriend, Philip Bosco(great character actor, Three Men and a Baby and too many to list)as one of the crooked cops, and James Remar(48HRs and many others-great as a tough, evil guy) as his partner.
This movie will have you laughing your butt off! There are too many great lines and scenes to list here. Some great ones:
doctor: "Jack, Jesus Christ would never point a gun at another human being."
Jack: "Stay outta my psychosis, now get your ass in that van!"
Army Surplus store clerk to Jack who is trying on clothes: "I'm telling you, it works. It's a statement man. You know who you are."
Billy(to store clerk): "No, he doesn't"
Billy(on phone:)"Nurse Helen Grabowski? Hey, this is Billy Caulfield, you treated me for a scalp wound once. Yeah, self-inflicted, right."
There's also a great scene where Jack "heals" a patient on a hospital gurney. "Arise and walk my son." The result is hilarious!
See this movie!! One of the funniest, most underrated comedies ever! I agree with an above reviewer, it sure beats the drivel that passes for comedy these days.
Movie Review: "Swing and a Miss...."
Summary: 5 Stars
In case you have not seen this movie, the line above comes from Ianuzzi, the Phil Rizutto want a be. Okay, you have four patience coming from the Trenton hospital for the clinically insane who are on a 'field trip' to a Yankee game.
You start off with a few neat surprises at the beginning while they are in the hospital. Then you get to see them for the first time out of the hospital, driving along the NJ Turnpike, viewing the twin towers. Billy says: Hey what the heck, we're already here, let's throw up the other one. claiming he was one of the architects. The banter back and forth between the patients sounds a lot like lockeroom banter.
When they finally make it to a stop in NY, things get ugly for the Doc and very difficult for them. Seemingly, the message subtlely being given is that there is very little difference between those who are institutionalized and some on the 'outside.' Witness the professionals hitting on the waitress in the restauarant, the guys at the bar, Jack getting a witness. What a hoot, even a man dressed up like a chicken, think about it, it is crazy.
You will get to really like Jack - the religious psychotic, Henry - the clean freak, Ianuzzi - the catatonic and Billy - the one with the tendency toward violence.
Although some may say this is too much poking fun at those with limitations, the story is actually a touching one with a hint of hope. Here you have four individuals who see that they may, if given a chance, get another shot at life as it could be.
Enjoy the dream team and see it often, definately worth the price, the time and the mesage.
Movie Review: Insanely funny movie, a true classic
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the movies I remember seing in the theater back in 1989, just a great comedy then, and even better now that I have it on DVD. This is a movie about a Group of 4 men that are inpatients at a state hospital that are in the same therapy group. Their young doctor has been trying to blaze a new trail in their treatment, stopping all of their drugs and doing strickly therapy. Unfortunatly, its been going slow. As a booster, he has plans to take the group to a Yankees Game on a supervised pass. And yes, they get aproval. Unfortunately, the plan didn't go as expected. The Doctor disappears while taking his patient to find a restroom. Unfortunatley, the patient is a semi-cataonic schizophrenic that only speaks as a TV brodcast or in baseball terms. He is the only witness to where the doctor went. So we are left with 4 psych patient in the big city, and no supervision. Well, I don't want to wreck the movie if you haven't seen it, although this was a staple of TBS, WGN and other cable channels, but let say that they stuggle through many different challenges, including police conspiracy and murder charges and some how come out clean. They all even get to face their past demons and gain theraputic insight as well. A classic movie, and a unique one as well. Highly recommend this movie.Movie Review: a complete riot
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie definitely goes down as one of my all-time favorites as far as a comedy goes. From Michael Keaton in his skin tight awesome 80s Springsteen jeans to Christopher Lloyd's walking around with a lab coat on and a clipboard saying " I want you to know this is all going on my report." Its always the small things that you sometimes won't even notice until you watch a movie for the second or third time that really make you laugh. I think that compulsive liars are some of the funniest people in the world, and having Michael Keaton play one is perfect. Not too many movies have come out recently that will really make you laugh (besides dumb and dumber and a few others) but just the way people dress in this movie will make you laugh, and the acting is hilarious.
Movie Review: A benchmark movie no one remembers
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this movie yeas ago, then I watched it yesterday. It's funnier, now that I'm a little older and my tastes have changed some.
What strikes me about this movie is the above average cast. Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle and Stephen Furst are each in their own right, super. Together, this would have been a movie to mark their careers if they hadn't each already done that.
The comedy is just great, but the leaps of, well, sanity, are the most touching parts of this movie. You pull for the crazies, that's always a bonus. Enjoy a good laugh and tell more people about this movie, so they can enjoy it too.