Honey, you shine so!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Honey, you shine so! |
| Original title | Modern Problems |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ken Shapiro |
| script | Ken Shapiro, Tom Sherohman , Arthur Sellers |
| production |
Alan Greisman , Douglas Kenney , Michael Shamberg |
| music | Dominic Frontiere |
| camera | Edmond L. Koons |
| cut | Michael Jablow |
| occupation | |
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Honey, you shine so! ( Modern Problems ) is an American film comedy by Ken Shapiro from the year 1981 .
action
The air traffic controller Max Fiedler is dissatisfied with his work in the tower , which is often very chaotic. One day when he has finished work, everything just goes wrong on the drive home. When he finally got home, he discovered that his girlfriend Darcy had left him because of his excessive jealousy.
Max meets for consolation with his ex-wife Lorraine, who takes him to a party so that he can get other thoughts. But Darcy is also there accompanied by another man, so that Max withdraws and goes home alone. A large tanker truck in front of him is leaking a liquid that he comes into contact with. The next morning he notices that he has telekinetic powers, but cannot yet classify it all. Gradually he learns to deal with it and to use these new forces consciously. He uses her to disrupt Darcy's appointment with her new companion, Mark Winslow. He makes Mark bleed from his nose, so he has to be taken out of the bar under medical supervision. But it is of no use to Max because Darcy no longer wants to have anything to do with him. But Max doesn't give up. On Darcy's next outing with Mark, he disrupts the theater performance they're attending. When Max comforts Darcy, a reconciliation occurs between the two. He talks to her about his new skills, but Darcy doesn't quite understand him. It wasn't until they went away together at the weekend that she realized what he meant. Because Mark Winslow also appears uninvited and is very pushy. Without further ado, Max lets it whirl around in the air, then fall face down into a cake. Darcy is a little shocked and Max also sees himself as a monster and sees that he has done a lot wrong. Max doesn't want to go on living like this and plans to throw himself off the roof of the pension where they are staying. Only when Darcy confesses her love to him does Max manage to get rid of his "demon". This jumps over to the housekeeper, who now has the telekinetic powers and uses them to do the housework.
background
The film grossed approximately $ 26.15 million in US cinemas .
Reviews
David Nusair described the film on Reel Film Reviews as "embarrassingly uncomfortable" and its visual effect as "muddy". He also criticized the representations; he described Chevy Chase's as "obnoxious even by its standards".
Jack Sommersby wrote on efilmcritic.com that the film was the worst comedy with Chevy Chase ever. He was "totally inappropriate" in every way.
"Right down to the supporting roles, a well-cast comedy, which, however, hardly achieves the desired joke in terms of staging."
Web links
- Honey, you shine so! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Honey, you shine so! at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Honey, you shine so! at Metacritic (English)
- Honey, you shine so! in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Business Data for Modern Problems
- ^ Critique by David Nusair
- ↑ Film review by Rotten Tomatoes
- ↑ Honey, you shine so much! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .