This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Don't listen to the negative reviews

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Joe Bank (Tom Hanks) has a depressing job in the Advertising Dept of American Panascope in Long Island City, New York. They make rectal probes. He suffers under his supervisor Mr. Waturi (Dan Hedaya). He's diagnosed with terminal brain cloud with six months to live. He quits and asks out his co-worker DeDe (Meg Ryan). Wealthy businessman Samuel Graynamore (Lloyd Bridges) needs to placate locals on an island to mine a rare mineral. He hires Joe to jump into the volcano to appease their god. Joe hires limo driver Marshall (Ossie Davis) to help him spend the money. Samuel's flighty daughter Angelica (Meg Ryan) picks him up at the airport in L.A. Angelica's half-sister Patricia (Meg Ray) captains the yacht that brings him to the island.I like his surrealistic work life. It reminds me of Brazil. The movie does get uneven at times. After getting the credit cards, Joe goes back into the real world. I expected more surrealism. After that, the surrealism returns with Meg Ryan playing another character. It makes shopping in Manhattan out of step.The 3 Meg Ryan performances are a little jarring at first. I enjoy DeDe as a little wacky and a little darker than her usual fare. Angelica is not as enjoyable. She seems to be trying to hard with her voice. She should pull back a little with the crazy voice and she could replace Ossie Davis on his shopping trips. Patricia is classic Meg and shows their easy chemistry once again. Overall, this may be uneven at times but there are plenty of interesting imaginative concepts.

That pretty much sums up this 1990 film starring Tom Hanks as a miserable man stuck in an uninspiring job. After learning he's going to die in six months, he accepts an offer to live it up for a couple of weeks and sacrifice himself in a volcano on some nondescript Pacific island.Right off the bat, the movie tips off that it's more fantasy than reality. There's a great message about not selling your life -- your dreams -- for whatever pathetic wage they're offering at the local factory or whatever the case. But the final act fizzles out in Giligan's Island cartooniness.Meg Ryan co-stars in a three-pronged role.GRADE: C+

What's up with all the rave reviews here? This movie is terrible. The plot is laughable with gigantic holes in it, dialogue is horrific, acting awful(Meg Ryan), production embarrassing. A whole lot of stuff going on that makes no sense whatsoever. I had to check with my girlfriend whether I was having a psychotic episode or whether it really was that bad. It was.Hanks must've been low on cash to do this one. If you have any critical thinking going on when watching movies, skip this one, it'll annoy the hell out of you.2/10

An early Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan pairing. The story is simple: Joe works for a dreadful company. He is depressed with his life, which is going nowhere. The company doctor tells Joe he has a "brain cloud" and will die soon. Joe decides to end it all on a tropical island populated by zany "natives" that drink orange soda pop; to sacrifice himself to their volcanic "god". Sounds like a Hope-Crosby "Road" picture, right? Well it could have been. Strangely written and directed, it should have been funnier. I get it that this is social commentary about big companies and pointless jobs. The movie is somewhat depressing, especially at first. The only thing that saves this film is Meg Ryan's acting (She plays three different characters) and Tom Hanks' likable nature. Cast includes Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, with Abe Vigoda and Nathan Lane (as "natives"). More enjoyable the second time through, however. Kind of a "shaggy-dog" unique story. Remember, "luggage is everything".