It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr, Dylan Baker, Charles Rocket, Andrea Thompson and David Rasche star in this 1991 comedy. The late, great, Candy plays Jack Gable, a writer who gets into an accident and dreams he's on his soap opera, "Beyond Our Dreams." He plays along as wealthy tycoon, Jack Gates and begins writing his way through town trying to impress rich woman, Rachel Hedison (Samms). Jack also meets, Janet Dubois (Hemingway), a botanist whom he finds romance with. Jack eventually comes back to reality and tries to better the show. The late, Burr (Perry Mason) plays Rachel's father and industrialist, Carter, Baker (Spider-Man 2) plays Carter's son, Blake who begins having side effects from an experimental drug, the late, Rocket (Dumb and Dumber) plays Carter's other son, Ty who has one eye, Thompson (NYPD Blue) plays nurse, Helen Caldwell who tries to win the affections of doctor, Paul Kirkwood (Rasche) whom is engaged to Rachel and Robert Wagner (Hart to Hart) also appears as the actual, Jack Gates. This is a good comedy I've always enjoyed, Candy & the cast are great and I recommend it.

I have recently re-watched one of John Candy's more interesting films done around the subject of the soap opera. This film stars Candy as a producer of a Soap Opera that ends up being pulled into his own world where he has the opportunity (or misfortune) to interact with the characters that he created to love and hate.This movie is pretty good. I felt that the entertainment value is fair and it is re-watchable. The cast interacts well and there are some very funny moments. I enjoy this film but unfortunately it falls in around the same basic feel that most comedies had at this time so don't expect the spectacular or a film that is gut wrenchingly funny. If you are looking for a film that is enjoyable and fairly pleasing this one has a good feel to it.

John Candy has done some great comedies; Only the Lonely, Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, to name but a few. And while this is far from his best, it is still great fun to watch.The premise begins with Candy as the screenwriter for a cheesy day-time soap opera. After receiving a bump on the head, he awakens to find himself caught in the script he has been writing. He is now one of his own characters and has to endeavor to find his way back to this alternate reality, or so it would seem.This premise is done well here, but was done far better (and darker) in "In the Mouth of Madness," the horror production featuring Sam Neill.While I found this movie to be fun, as I said, it is not the best of Candy's films.I highly suggest "The Great Outdoors," & "Uncle Buck." "Summer Rental" wasn't bad, either. One of Candy's least known, yet better, films, in my opinion.This movie rates a 5.8/10 from...the Fiend :.

This is one superb movie. I can watch it over and over and over again without tiring of it. John Candy is as engaging and as superbly comic as ever in this little gem. Also has a great cast including Emma Samms, Charles Rocket, Raymond Burr and Mariel Hemingway. ONE TO WATCH!