Christopher McDonald, Cybill Shepherd, Josef Sommer

Cybill Shepherd plays a pregnant woman whose husband is killed before their baby is born; once he gets to heaven, he begs for a chance to come back to her and his unborn child. The twist is that he re...( read more  read more... )turns in the form of Robert Downey Jr., boyfriend to Cybill's daughter (Mary Stuart Masterson). When the daughter brings him home from college, he gets his memory back--and starts coming on to her mom. Sounds like a Jerry Springer show--"Help! My dad has been reincarnated as my boyfriend!"--but this Emile Ardolino film actually has a passable amount of charm and wit, once it gets into gear. It gives you a sense of just how funny and charming Downey can be, given the right material. --Marshall Fine

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PG, 108 min.

Directed by: Emile Ardolino

Release Date: March 10, 1989

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DVD Release Date: April 14, 1998

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  • August 11, 2009
    Weird, but funny and adorable.
  • April 29, 2008
    what a werid and wonderfull film downey jr is great but isn't he in everything
  • November 17, 2007
    This film is a guilty pleasure of mine. I think it's precious.
  • July 14, 2007
    A reasonable romantic fantasy in which Cybill Shepherd's husband is reincarnated in the form of Robert Downet Jr., and proceeds to continue to woo her from beyond the grave. The criminal conspiracy sub plot seems tacked on, but Downey Jr. and Ryan O'Neil are affable romantic comp...( read more)etitors and it has some modicom of charm. But doesn't anyone else find it just a little WRONG that the guy ends up sleeping with his own daughter...?!
  • May 9, 2006
    I remember seeing this on one of the first dates I ever went on. Just more proof that Robert Downey Jr rules; even at a younger age.
  • August 22, 2009
    great movie, great performances...not enough credit to romantic comedies
  • July 26, 2009
    Robert Downey, Jr. looks good enough to eat but the premise of the story is kind of creepy when you think about it. Man dies and comes back to life without getting the requisite inoculation that makes him forget his last lifetime (yes, it mixes karma and heaven effortlessly) and ...( read more)he starts dating his daughter from the previous lifetime and when he meets her mother, he figures out this was his wife. So he pursues Cybill Shepherd while Mary Stuart Masterson, who doesn't have a clue about all of this, pursues him. In the end, his former best friend Ryan O'Neal finally admits he's been in love with Cybill Shepherd all this time and they fall in love and Robert Downey, Jr. finally falls in love with Mary Stuart Masterson, who is is daughter. Isn't that sorta creepy?
  • July 15, 2009
    "I'm going to find out once and for all what it feels like to hold the woman I love, have always loved and will always love until the day I die."

    Brilliant, brilliant film from the director of 'Dirty Dancing'. Just the perfect romantic-comedy - I can't believe I'd never e...( read more)ven heard of it before! Robert Downey Jr is perfectly charming, and the rest of the cast are perfect too. Laugh out loud moments, and other moments that are just really heart-wrenching and touching. Loved it. Another one of R.D.J's oldies that I was so impressed with (the other being 'Only You' - go watch!).

  • July 13, 2009
    now stop laugh i love this movie it is so funny
  • July 1, 2009
    Oh, a very nice film, so sweet!!

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  • chelsweet78
    April 27, 2009
    one of the unforgettable movies i watched.
  • angelaaltamera
    February 18, 2009
    i cant forget this movie after seeing it for the first time long time ago...how i wish i could have my own copy of it and Wallah!!!! i already have one...(after how many years).whenever i watch this movie, i fell in love over and over again...not to my husband but to robert downey jr... hi robert!!! im an avid fan of yours hahaha!!!
  • bilow
    September 11, 2008
    I just saw this movie.I totally love it.Its a movie I gotta own.I fell inlove with all the characters.Its funny, harmwarming,yet sad esp at the ending.

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