The read
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
Ratings
IMDb5/10
Metacritic27/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
98 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom SherohmanWriter
- Arthur SellersWriter
- Ken ShapiroDirector
- Dominic FrontiereOriginal Music Composer
- Ken ShapiroWriter
Cast
- Chevy ChaseMax Fielder
- Patti D'ArbanvilleDarcy
- Dabney ColemanMark Winslow
- Mary Kay PlaceLorraine
- Nell CarterDorita
- Brian Doyle-MurrayBrian Stills
- Mitch KreindelBarry
- Arthur SellersMobile Supervisor
- Sandy HelbergPete
- Neil ThompsonController #1
- Carl IrwinController #2
- Ronald E. HouseVendor (as Ron House)