Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 05/17/1991(USA)
Release Date: 07/11/2000
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
In this
comedy about a doctor-patient relationship pushed way beyond the office,
Bill Murray plays
Bob Wiley, a neurotic New Yorker struggling with a whirlwind of paralyzing phobias. When an exasperated colleague pawns the handful off on
Dr. Leo Marvin (
Richard Dreyfuss), the psychologist has no idea his last appointment will follow him north to New Hampshire on a month's vacation.
Bob takes to
Dr. Marvin's latest book like no therapy before it, so the well-meaning pest tracks
Marvin down at his lakeside summer home to further discuss his problems. But
Marvin, preparing for an interview on
Good Morning America and a few weeks of R and R, views
Bob's stalking as highly inappropriate, and demands he return to New York. But
Bob can't take even the strongest hint, and sets up camp with a neighbor to indulge in his own "vacation" -- from his problems. Meanwhile,
Marvin's son
Sigmund (
Charlie Korsmo), daughter
Anna (
Catherine Erbe), and wife
Fay (
Julie Hagerty) take to
Bob's loopy charm, which
Marvin views as an irritating threat.
Marvin's temperature rises as
Bob insinuates his way into the family, helping
Sigmund learn to dive and counseling the previously ignored
Anna. As
Bob's stock continues to rise, and his to plummet,
Marvin becomes increasingly unhinged as the minutes tick down to the interview.
~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
