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A Balasaur Score of 56 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 56%, Metacritic 46/100. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 586 1970s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
72 audience votes
Key crew
- Jerry BelsonScreenplay
- Burt ReynoldsDirector
- Paul WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Burt ReynoldsWendell Sonny Lawson
- Dom DeLuiseMarlon Borunki
- Sally FieldMary Ellen
- Strother MartinDr. Waldo Kling
- David SteinbergMarty Lieberman
- Joanne WoodwardJessica Lawson
- Norman FellDr. Samuel Krugman
- Myrna LoyMaureen Lawson
- Kristy McNicholJulie Lawson
- Pat O'BrienBen Lawson
- Robby BensonFather Dave Benson
- Carl ReinerDr. James Maneet
Stills
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Themes
dark comedyterminal illnessmental patientsuicidal thoughtscontemplating suicideabsurdhilariouswhimsicalsarcastic