JohnHowardReid There are a few dull passages here and there, but just as you think the well is starting to run dry and the theme is about to peter out, the screenwriter and the players and the director change the scene and get their act together for another agreeable round of laughs. Yes, the movie is brightly photographed and very ingratiatingly played (particularly by Mr. Winkler) with a clever screenplay that combines a novel plot with a great deal of witty and comical situations. It's also very smoothly directed in a not too overt TV style, making excellent use of real locations, and it has a faultless support cast. But the film is Mr. Winkler's and he makes the most of his opportunities. Mostly the film is quite attractive to look at, compositions are nicely framed for the wide screen and the director even knows what a reverse angle is! A good music score, plus top production values and skillful film editing also help raise this movie's entertainment appeal.

AaronCapenBanner Henry Winkler plays meek, and put-upon morgue attendant Chuck Lumley, who is engaged to a controlling woman he doesn't love, and has also been passed over for a promotion, and forced to work the night shift, when he is paired with wacky new employee Bill(played by Michael Keaton, in a star-making performance) Bill is as extroverted as Chuck is introverted, but somehow(despite a heated argument) they become unlikely friends, then business partners. You see, chuck's neighbor Belinda Keaton(Shelly Long) is a prostitute who hates her pimp, so she organizes her colleagues(Bill's idea) to operate out of the morgue(!) Things go well until Belinda's old pimp decides he wants in on the action...Unlikely premise for a comedy works surprisingly well, thanks to appealing performances and good direction by Ron Howard. Story is far fetched of course, but this comedy succeeds in spite of that.

sergey_martyn I just cannot believe that such epic fail reached the theaters. This movie absolutely lacks script, plot, humour, any intelligible ideas and anyhting else to call it a movie. Never watch it! DVD was trashed immediately after yawning aloud thtough this disappointment and stupidity - thank god it cost just $0.10 in a lot of DVDs I recently bought. Whomever approved this script, paid the filming and the director are absolutely insane braindeads who should be kicked out of the movie business immediately. Still can't believe this stupid reel of film exists. Lousy and pale attempt to reinact the Animal House madness married with a dull, pointless and illogical script.

HelloGordon Well you all should know the plot line by now, from the other comments.I decided to pick this one up to see if it held up over the years, since I hadn't seen it since the theatrical. Wow 27 years. And I have to say, I laughed just as hard as I did back then. This movie is well worth looking at again. The quotes go on and on. I still say "That Barney Rubble,..what an actor".And when Michael Keaton is driving and flipping off the cops, come on, what is not to love.Everyone is great in this movie, Winkler, Keaton, Long, Belzer, when I was young I dreamed Shelly Long would make me eggs.I could go on and on.Comedies today should take note of the brash classics of the early eighties.Also just look at 42nd street before Disney took over.