The read
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Number 2 of 2 in its series by score. It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
Fritz, now married and a father, is desperate to escape the domestic hell he now finds himself in. Lighting up a joint, he begins to dream about his eight other lives, hoping to find one to provide a pleasant distraction. The drug-induced journeys he takes include spells as an astronaut, Hitler's psychiatrist, a courier travelling in hostile territory during a race war, and as a pupil of an Indian guru in the sewers of New York.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes30%
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
89 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert TaylorDirector
- Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
- Robert TaylorWriter
- Eric MonteWriter
- Fred HallidayWriter
Cast
- Skip HinnantFritz (voice)
- Reva RoseFritz' Old Lady (voice)
- Bob HoltVarious Characters (voice)
- Robert Ridgely(voice)
- Fred Smoot(voice)
- Dick Whittington(voice)
- Peter LeedsJuan / Various Characters (voice)
- Louisa MoritzChita (Juan's Sister) (voice)
- Larry Moss(voice)
- Joan GerberHan's Wife (voice)
- Jay Lawrence(voice)
- Stanley Adams(voice)
Stills
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Themes
cheatingjointcat1970shellsurrealismsexual revolutionsequelanthropomorphismpolitically incorrectracismadult animation