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The stage curtains open ...I've been catching up on films from the years of my youth that I never got to see. Tonight's viewing was the 1987 comedy, "Hello Again", starring Shelley Long in the starring role. Shelley Long was in her prime and probably at the height of her career during that time, so this movie poster was a fairly common one to see in the video rental stores. It only took me 38 years to see it - and unfortunately, the wait was not worth it.The story is about Lucy Chadman (Long), the accident prone and clumsy wife of a very successful plastic surgeon, who is having a hard time finding her own identity in a world where she does not belong. She has a sister who is into the occult, and when Lucy chokes on a meatball and dies, her sister brings her back from the dead exactly one year later. She finds the world has changed, her husband has moved on to another marriage, her son has gotten married as well, and she is dealing with the idea that she really was dead, though she can't believe it at first. With the help of another doctor, she finds a way to accept and move forward with her 2nd chance at life.So yeah ... she is basically resurrected. On the surface, this film is polished and with a solid saxophone featured 80's soundtrack. Shelley Long is her usual charming and inviting self, and the movie had all the earmarks of a comedy. The only problem is that it really isn't that funny. It should've billed as more of a drama, but even on that level, it doesn't score either. Simmering underneath is an uneasy "weird" and "unnatural" feel to it that permeates every scene. She died. This isn't like the film "Chances Are" where he was reincarnated as another person. She comes back as herself, like nothing happened.I was expecting there to be some sort of morality tale to this, a bittersweet ending where she had to accept the reality of her situation. No ... nothing like that at all. This one just didn't sit well with me. Shelley Long was fun to watch, but as a story, it doesn't work. And the ending was just too cute and tied up for me. I wouldn't recommend this movie. It was just "okay". Not good, not bad ... but not really worth the time spent to watch it either. Highly forgettable.

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Reviewed by BlueBoyReviews 5 / 10

JUST OKAY - (5 stars out of 10)

Reviewed by mrb1980 5 / 10

Harmless and Goofy Film with a Horribly Contrived Ending

Shelley Long is very appealing and cute in this harmless movie. Long plays Lucy Chadman, a young woman who chokes to death, then months later is brought back to life by her wacky sister Zelda (Judith Ivey). Chadman's life has changed radically since her death, and she spends her time falling in love all over again.The film has an uncomfortably goofy atmosphere, as if it's spoofing something that isn't really identified; these sequences are interspersed with very romantic scenes in which Chadman is again falling in love. It's definitely a mixed bag, but the ending--which appears to have been tacked on after the writers couldn't come up with a story resolution--is so awkward and unconvincing that it ruins the entire film. In all of my years, I don't think I've ever seen a film with such an unbelievably dumb story resolution. I really felt sorry for the cast when I saw the ending.Long is good and Sela Ward is beautiful, but the goofy feeling the movie conveys irritated me somewhat, and the ending just left me dumbfounded. Proceed if you like Shelley Long, I suppose.

Hello Again

1987

Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

Hello Again

1987

Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

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JUST OKAY - (5 stars out of 10)

Harmless and Goofy Film with a Horribly Contrived Ending

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