5/10
Plum average Airplane!-styled spoof
18 November 2023
Perhaps it's takes a keen awareness of contemporary 1980s soap operas to truly appreciate this work, but its not required to recognize quality filmmaking - which this is not. There are some amusing ideas, but this mostly feels like a mishmash of slightly worked up routines and sketches that never gels. A group of young interns start at City Hospital, and things begin to heat up. When out star surgeon with stage fright must save one of his own, will he be able to conquer old fears? It's a lazy attempt of capitalizing on the multi layered, finely detailed, and often hilarious spoof comedy made popular in tv shows like Saturday Night Live and SCTV, and on the big screen with Airplane!. Sadly, even with a good cast, most feel like they are filling space - save Dabney Coleman, who gets more out of his five minutes than the main players do with ninety. Comedy is tough; it's either good or it's bad. This is bad. Next...
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