"The Dream Team" are four psychiatric patients who gather daily for group therapy at their institution. The wacky, motley crew includes an incessant liar with a history of violence, a perfectionist who thinks he's a doctor, a mute who is obsessed with TV, and a self righteous, religious nut who thinks he's Christ. When their real doctor is mugged on a field trip to Yankee Stadium, they are forced to form a reluctant team in order to resolve what becomes an ever worsening situation.
A very slow start is marginally redeemed by a lift in proceedings as the gang hit the road, but really we see no inspiration from any of the cast (Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle and Stephen Furst) nor do we see any riotous comedy. Howard Zieff needed to give the movie a large injection of comic mayhem as the paper-thin plot was never going to carry it anywhere.
Never promised much, but "The Dream Team" certainly could have been better.
Sunday, April 10, 1994 - T.V.
A very slow start is marginally redeemed by a lift in proceedings as the gang hit the road, but really we see no inspiration from any of the cast (Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle and Stephen Furst) nor do we see any riotous comedy. Howard Zieff needed to give the movie a large injection of comic mayhem as the paper-thin plot was never going to carry it anywhere.
Never promised much, but "The Dream Team" certainly could have been better.
Sunday, April 10, 1994 - T.V.