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09/03/1990 Comedy, Romance, Adventure 1h 42m
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An average Joe. An adventurous comedy.

Overview

Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.

  1. John Patrick Shanley

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Tom Hanks

    Joe Banks

  2. Meg Ryan

    DeDe / Angelica / Patricia Graynamore

  3. Lloyd Bridges

    Samuel Harvey Graynamore

  4. Dan Hedaya

    Frank Waturi

  5. Ossie Davis

    Marshall

  6. Barry McGovern

    Luggage Salesman

  7. Robert Stack

    Dr. Ellison

  8. Amanda Plummer

    Dagmar

  9. Lala Sloatman

    Waitress

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2022-06-26
**_Good message, decent movie, albeit really odd_**

That pretty much sums up this 1990 film starring Tom Hanks as a miserable man stuck in an uninspiring job. After learning he's going to die in six months, he accepts an offer to live it up for a couple of weeks and sacrifice himself in a volcano on some nondescript Pacific island.

Right off the bat, the movie tips off that it's more fantasy than reality. There's a great message about not selling your life -- your dreams -- for whatever pathetic wage they're offering at the local factory or whatever the case. But the final act fizzles ou...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$25,000,000.00

Revenue
$39,400,000.00

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