Directed by:
John HughesScreenplay:
John HughesCinematography:
Donald PetermanComposer:
Stewart CopelandCast:
Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, William Windom, Paul Gleason, Holland Taylor, John Ashton, Dennis Dugan, Isabel García Lorca, Larry Hankin (more)VOD (1)
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Jake Briggs (Kevin Bacon) has been in love with Kristy Bainbridge (Elizabeth McGovern) since he was a teenager. They marry right after college and embark on their new life together, with all of its ups and downs. Told largely through the eyes of narrator Jake, a would-be author who is prone to fits of fanciful, humorous hallucination--such as lawn-mowing neighbors breaking into song--this John Hughes film deals with the trials and tribulations of growing up and the responsibilities that come with marriage, adulthood, jobs, and children. Alec Baldwin appears as Davis McDonald, Jake's best friend, who is living life in the fast lane in New York, making Jake doubt his complacent, suburban lifestyle. (official distributor synopsis)
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