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Summary

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.

Cast

Tom Hanks

Joe Banks

Meg Ryan

DeDe / Angelica / Patricia Graynamore

Lloyd Bridges

Samuel Harvey Graynamore

Dan Hedaya

Frank Waturi

Ossie Davis

Marshall

Barry McGovern

Luggage Salesman

Robert Stack

Dr. Ellison

Amanda Plummer

Dagmar

Lala Sloatman

Waitress

Abe Vigoda

Chief of the Waponis

Carol Kane

Hairdresser

Branscombe Richmond

Waponi

Jayne Haynes

Nurse

David Burton

Mike

Jon Conrad Pochron

Tony

Jim Hudson

Fred - Guard

Antoni Gatti

Italian Tailor

Darrell Zwerling

Underwear Salesman

Jim Ryan

Bellman

Karl Rumburg

Ralph

Brian Esteban

Emo - Waponi Lookout

Nathan Lane

Baw - The Waponi Advance Man

Wally Ruiz

Spanish Singer

Guillermo Guzman

Spanish Singer

Tommy Franco

Spanish Singer

Tony Salome

Clerk

Courtney Gibbs

Saleswoman

Jennifer Stewart

Statue of Liberty

William Ward

Salesman - Hammacher Schlemmer

Paul Michael Thorpe

God Woo

Michael George

Musician (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

John Patrick Shanley

Reviews

Wuchak

June 26, 2022

5

**_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 out in Giligan's Island cartooniness.

Meg Ryan co-stars in a three-pronged role.

GRADE: C+