Hello Again (1987)

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

There is one main reason why "Hello again" isn't quite as good as it could be. It's Shelly Long's character herself. Don't get me wrong, I like Shelly Long (even though I keep reading reviews of people who keep saying how they can't stand her). It's more of the type of character the writers made her to be in this film. Shelly Long herself I think is a pleasant, nice looking woman in an innocent kind of way. And I liked her in "Cheers" and as Tom Hank's wife in "The money pit". The issue with her here is that she is very clumsy with two left feet. The writers must have thought that making her that way would be a good joke for the movie. They were wrong. I think it a distraction. The idea itself of bringing back someone from the dead is an interesting enough topic for me without the distraction of making her a klutz. Lucy's (Shelly's) spiritual sister, Zelda who runs her own supernateraul shop is the one who performs a spell to bring her back. Zelda is a neat, quirky character in this film and I liked her. Anyway, when Lucy returns, she has to, of course go through the whole ordeal of immensely surprising everyone in her life from before her death that she has returned, and dealing with their understandably intense reactions with such a thing occurring. After all, this sort of thing just doesn't happen every day. She finds out how her husband Richard has now hooked up now Kim, a beautiful flashy woman who Lucy was friends with before but now, after the whole ordeal, the two women don't like each other so much anymore. After all, Kim is now obviously scared that Lucy will go back to Richard since before her death, they never officially divorced. And Lucy, understandable, is not comfortable with seeing Kim romantically hooked up with her husband. Lucy also meets a doctor, Peter while going to the hospital to find out how she died. Peter obviously thinks she's crazy at first ("if you don't take a walk, I'm gonna call security"), but after convincing from Lucy saying things only the "real" Lucy wouldve known, and Peter conducting a series of tests, he's astounded to find out that this woman who died one year earlier, is really the same woman come back. And Lucy dying from choking on a South Korean chicken ball is a good touch. Lucy also made a pretty funny joke about the chicken ball before she choked, "boy, I'd like to see the rest of the chicken". The rest of the movie I won't spoil by writing here. I'll just say that there are definitely some good bits but also a few dumb bits. The dumb bits are mostly from what I mentioned before about Lucy's clumsiness. The hospital executive was also sort of an offbeat character, this weird looking and talking short bald man. However, this is a nice, interesting, quirky little picture to enjoy on a Saturday night while eating pizza.

Shelly Long is an excellent comedic actress who has excruciatingly terrible taste in choosing films. Watching her on Cheers is a joy. She has perfect comedy timing and is at her best as an intellectual in a company of clowns.BUT she should NOT be cast as the clown! In her movie career she pulled a "Chevy Chase" and spiraled down from an attractive bright person to a buffoon. Hello Again is the nadir (I hope!).Where do I start? The writer, Susan Issacs, must be somebody's niece. She is a rotten writer. Making Lucy's character a stumble bum is pointless. Why? Who would think the constant pratfalls are funny?? It is embarrassing to watch.Judith Ivey should get the ham of the year award for drastic overacting. Gabriel Byrnes is wonderful. I had not seen him before, but seeing how he could even pretend to be in character in this turkey was impressive. And I liked Corbin B.I watch this movie to cheer myself up. No matter how bad things are in my life, at least I didn't appear in this film.

I don't know why so many people have slammed this movie in the comments section. I have seen this film numerous times and find it hilarious and Shelley Long adorable. No, this is not a film that requires a lot of deep thinking and analyzing, but it's not supposed to be. It's a light-hearted, romantic comedy that achieves its goal -- it entertains you, makes you laugh and touches your heart. It need not try to do anymore than that. Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrn and Sela Ward all give great performances, as does the rest of the supporting cast.

It is my opinion that Shelley Long is a very fine comedic actress, & she certainly doesn't disappoint as Lucy Chadman, a happy homemaker who even on her best day is less than graceful. This movie is utterly adorable, & it leaves you with one of those satisfied feelings when it's over. It has a great deal of heart. Gabriel Bern is fantastic as the doctor who may be Lucy's last chance for true love, & you just want to strangle Sela Ward. Overall this movie (light and fluffy as some may call it) asks a poignant question if you had a second chance...what would you do with it?