The turning point in Chevy Chase's career? I guess he was a leading man for a few years after that... but this seemed to mark the end of him as a romantic leading man.
It's a mess. The photography is nice, the cast is strong - except may be that English actor with the super booming voice. Daryl Hannah is nice in a nothing role but at least looks good. Michael McKean is slim with lots of hair. A young Patricia Heaton is in it. Sam Neill channels James Mason. The special effects are fine. I like how a times we watched Chase, when he was invisible.
But the tone never seems right. At times it's comic at times it's serious drama at times it's a thriller. When Chase flirts with Hannah at the beginning they ape North by Northwest and that would totally be fine... but this doesn't have the space and twists of that. There's too much hanging about and being reflective - it doesn't have movement.
It's too vague about Chase's character - he's rich and successful, gets along with his secretary, is confident flirting but is also a loner... is that right? And he.. becomes lonely? Becomes a better person? I was confused. I wish they'd just have Chase as cocky but come more mature - that would have been simple and clean and given Chase something new.
It lacks pace, clear tone, cleverness. It's hard to tell John Carpenter directed it.
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