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Delirious

1991

Action / Comedy / Fantasy

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten30%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled39%
IMDb Rating5.8108829

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Plot summary


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John Candy Photo
John Candy as Jack Gable
Robert Wagner Photo
Robert Wagner as Jack Gates
Margot Kidder Photo
Margot Kidder as Woman in Washroom
Raymond Burr Photo
Raymond Burr as Carter Hedison
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882.84 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
P/S 1 / 4
1.6 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
P/S 1 / 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MartinHafer6 / 10

Good but a bit goes a long way.

"Delirious" is an amiable comedy starring John Candy. I liked it but also must admit that the story is slight and the concept, though interesting, seems difficult to maintain for 96 minutes.

Jack (John Candy) is the writer and producer for a daytime soap opera. However, when he's in an accident, he awakens to find himself living in the soap...and everything is very real. However, he also learns after a while that when he writes on his typewriter, things in this world change. So, he soon manages to become a 'Wolf of Wallstreet'...a rich playboy who is catnip for women and with almost god-like powers! What's next? Well, you can pretty much predict it from the clumsily written meet cute with Janet early in the story.

I enjoyed this one but just felt it had difficulty maintaining its momentum. It also was incredibly easy to predict much of what happens as a result of this weird experience...so much so that the finale seemed like a foregone conclusion. A good time-passer but not among Candy's best.

Reviewed by lee_eisenberg7 / 10

no surprise that a combo of John Candy and "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" comes out fairly neat

I guess that "Delirious" was mostly one of John Candy's innocuously silly placeholders in between his really great roles, but it's still a fairly entertaining one. Maybe not rip-snorting hilarity - after "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", it's hard to imagine Candy in a funnier role - but an OK way to pass time. As a screenwriter who gets knocked out and wakes up a character in his own show, Candy makes the most of his role. Among the other cast members are Mariel Hemingway, Raymond Burr (in his final theatrical role),Jerry Orbach, Robert Wagner and Margot Kidder.

Oh, and if you think that you recognize "Hungarian Rhapsody #2", the classic Looney Tunes cartoons often used it: "Rhapsody in Rivets", "Rhapsody Rabbit", "Wise Quackers" and "What's Up, Doc?", to name a few. Later, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" had Daffy Duck and Donald Duck play it on pianos and undermine each other's performances.

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle4 / 10

John Candy's charms can't save this

Jack Gable (John Candy) is the writer of a successful soap opera in NYC. He's in love with manipulative diva Laura Claybourne (Emma Samms). Louise (Mariel Hemingway) is the bumbling new actress. The Sherwoods are interfering producers looking to kill off Laura's character. He gets hit on the head and finds himself in the soap opera in Ashford Falls Community Hospital after a car accident. He discovers that he can manipulate the characters by rewriting the story.

John Candy's ample amount of charms can't salvage this movie. The problem is that the soap opera is fake and the only compelling character is Candy. It also doesn't help that the best he has to work with in this movie is Mariel Hemingway. At least, she's game even if she's not that able. This is a miss.

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