Today, it's not considered polite (or "politically correct") to use the term crazy, but call Bob what he is, and that is nuts. Not in a Glenn Close "Fatal Attraction" way), but a off the beam, funny, lovable, pain in the butt nuts. Bill Murray continues his run of off the beam characters in black comedies, here playing an OCD patient who badgers his therapist Richard Dreyfuss to the point of insanity, eveb following him to his secret vacation spot, and basically stealing the spotlight with his family.
Murray is likable; lovable, even although if I was in Dreyfuss's position, I might want to liquidate Murray and dump the fluid in an abandoned pond. I like comedies like this that go beyond what's considered respectable, because how are we going to handle the eccentrics in life if we don't get to experience what we might encounter in real life?
This has a great cast of comics and New York stage actors, all either amused by Murray's off the wall charms or trying to keep Dreyfuss from killing Murray or a padded cell. "Airplane" stewardess Julie Hagerty is very funny as Dreyfuss's charming wife, but the balance of the conflict between Murray and Dreyfeuss is what makes this amusing, if not pee your pants, funny, although a few moments come close. Along with "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", I consider films like this modern "Road" pictures, with Murray as Hope and Dreyfuss as Crosby, albeit high on caffeine. Call this "Road to Bellevue".
Murray is likable; lovable, even although if I was in Dreyfuss's position, I might want to liquidate Murray and dump the fluid in an abandoned pond. I like comedies like this that go beyond what's considered respectable, because how are we going to handle the eccentrics in life if we don't get to experience what we might encounter in real life?
This has a great cast of comics and New York stage actors, all either amused by Murray's off the wall charms or trying to keep Dreyfuss from killing Murray or a padded cell. "Airplane" stewardess Julie Hagerty is very funny as Dreyfuss's charming wife, but the balance of the conflict between Murray and Dreyfeuss is what makes this amusing, if not pee your pants, funny, although a few moments come close. Along with "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", I consider films like this modern "Road" pictures, with Murray as Hope and Dreyfuss as Crosby, albeit high on caffeine. Call this "Road to Bellevue".