1987 - HELLO AGAIN, Touchstone pictures garbage from the 1980's

This is the old Enoch Arden plotline, which was the basis for the Cary Grant film, My Favorite Wife, the unfinished Marilynn Monroe film Somethings Got To Give and the finished Doris Day film Move Over Darling.

The basic plot line has the wife who is presumed dead and her husband about to remarry when the wife shows up and creates all sorts of comedic complications.  Hello Again just adds the twist that the wife played by Shelly Long,  is brought back from the dead by her weird sister who happens to be a witch.

The director was Frank Perry who once upon a time made some interesting films like David and Lisa, Rancho Deluxe and The Swimmer.  His career ended with nutty films like Mommie Dearest and the you have to see it to believe it Monsignor.  Hello Again unfortunately can't even rate as a camp classic the film is the blandest of the bland.

 

The film is a show piece for the "comedic" talents of Shelly Long.  Shelly does hilarious things like bumping into furniture, knocking things over, eating dog snacks that she thinks are triscuits, and mugging shamelessly towards the end of the film.  Since this is a film aimed at women she is completely sexless and none threatening there is not an ounce of sensuality about her.

The entire cast is mostly made up  of TV actors.  The Touchstone Studio way was to keep the costs down, no super big name expense stars in their films.

The film is another attempt to sell a  mediocre film to the public with the hops of making a quick buck.

96 minutes, written by Susan Isaacs.