From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.
Director: Keith Gordon
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314676/
Watched online, mediocre print.
16 songs in the Soundtracks, often mimed by RD.
MG is the balding shrink. I didn't realize that until seeing the credits. Between the print quality and the shlubby nature of the doctor, I didn't really look at him.
I wish the print was worse so the skin disease would have been less visible. It was awful, even knowing it was makeup.
About half the screentime is taken by the author's (RD) hallucinations/imaginings, and they're not following a coherent plotline, so the film is confusing. Some are memories from his childhood, some are sexual fantasies, and RW plays multiple characters. The confusion does not pay off at the end, except that RD seems to have gotten physically and emotionally better. But it doesn't pay off for us.
Maybe this should be a 5, but I'll be generous because of the poor print. But a second viewing is not advised.
Rated 5.6 (7,724)
distr. Paramount, dir. Gordon; 6-
