Rotten
Shelley Long wanders through a script she can't carry by herself while heading a cast handled with less than a Midas touch by director Frank Perry, who seems to think he's staging a high school play.
Variety Staff, Variety
Hello Again
Her life hasn't been the same since her death.
1987 · 1h 36m · PG
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Frank Perry
Overview
A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.
Director and cast
- Frank Perry Director
- Shelley Long as Lucy Chadman
- Judith Ivey as Zelda
- Gabriel Byrne as Kevin Scanlon
- Corbin Bernsen as Jason Chadman
- Sela Ward as Kim Lacey
- Austin Pendleton as Junior Lacey
- Carrie Nye as Regina Holt
- Robert Lewis as Phineas Devereux
- Madeleine Potter as Felicity Glick
- Thor Fields as Danny Chadman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
10%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A high-concept comedy with a terminally low laugh content.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
There are the makings of a great comedy here, but you will not find more than scattered hints of it.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
All of this is presented with a broad-stroked, sitcom raucousness that's pretty tough to stomach.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Rotten
Merely the excuse for a parade of expensive clothes and opulent locations, with Shelley Long milking her role for any drop of pathos, this is good for a giggle at best.
Time Out
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