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Hello Again (1987)

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Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 18
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Critic Reviews: 4
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Movie Info

Writer Susan Isaacs and director Frank Perry of Compromising Positions re-team for this unsuccessful resurrection fantasy comedy. Shelley Long plays Lucy Chadman, the accident-prone wife of plastic surgeon Jason Chadman (Corbin Bernsen). When she chokes to death after eating a South Korean chicken ball, a funeral is held and she is mourned, but then everyone goes on with their lives and forgets about her. Everyone, that is, except her sister Zelda (Judith Ivey). Zelda runs an occult bookstore

PG, 1 hr. 36 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Frank Perry

In Theaters: Nov 6, 1987 Wide

On DVD: Apr 6, 2004

Cast

Shelley Long
Lucy Chadman
Judith Ivey
Zelda Lucy's Sister
Gabriel Byrne
Dr. Kevin Scanlon
Corbin Bernsen
Dr. Jason Chadman
Sela Ward
Kim Lacey
Austin Pendleton
Junior Lacey
Carrie Nye
Regina Holt
Robert M. Lewis
Phineas Devereux
Madeleine Potter
Felicity
Thor Fields
Danny Chadman
Elkan Abramowitz
Burns
John Cunningham
Bruce Holt
Illeana Douglas
Woman in Park
Mary Fogarty
Maid
Colin Fox
Clergyman
Patricia Gage
Bejewelled Woman
I.M. Hobson
Butler
Kaiulani Lee
Miss Lee
Kate McGregor-Stewart
Everett Quinton
Occultist
Shirley Rich
Miss Tammy
Marcell Rosenblatt
John Rothman
Bearded man
Karen Shallo
Wig-Pulling Woman
Lynne Thigpen
Anna Marie Wieder
Reporter
Chip Zien
Susan Isaacs
Suzanne Barnes
Jason's Nurse
Mary Armstrong
Financial Newscaster
Elyzebeth Chrystea
Lady at Party
Rose Indri
Plastic Surgery Patient
Robert Lempert
Reporter
Paul Royce
Hospital Bystander
Debra D. Stewart
E.R. Nurse
John Tillinger
T.V. Moderator
Royce Rich
Catherine Tambini

Critic Reviews for Hello Again

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (16) | DVD (1)

Shelley Long wanders through a script she can't carry by herself while heading a cast handled with less than a Midas touch by director Frank Perry, who seems to think he's staging a high school play.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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A high-concept comedy with a terminally low laugh content.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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There are the makings of a great comedy here, but you will not find more than scattered hints of it.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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All of this is presented with a broad-stroked, sitcom raucousness that's pretty tough to stomach.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Hal Hinson

Washington Post

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As predictable as the sun rising.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Merely the excuse for a parade of expensive clothes and opulent locations, with Shelley Long milking her role for any drop of pathos, this is good for a giggle at best.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

yikes

September 19, 2004 Comment

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

There are worse films, but they don't have Gabriel Byrne in them

July 30, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

For the first eighty minutes or so the story seems aimless but amiable, then suddenly things do start to happen, but nothing very good.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Mark R. Leeper

rec.arts.movies.reviews

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A really good dark comedy with a good cast, it's very funny, if you like movies where dead people come back with funny results, you'll like this movie.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

A funny movie about life, love, and friendship. Quirky, at first but one cannot help but fall in love with it.

December 9, 2007

Leo L

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