Synopsis
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
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Cast
- Chevy ChaseMax Fielder
- Patti D'ArbanvilleDarcy
- Dabney ColemanMark Winslow
- Mary Kay PlaceLorraine
- Nell CarterDorita
- Brian Doyle-MurrayBrian Stills
- Mitch KreindelBarry
- Arthur SellersMobile Supervisor
- Sandy HelbergPete
- Neil ThompsonController #1
Recommendations
- 40
The New York Times
TWENTIETH Century-Fox knew exactly what it was doing when it decided to open Modern Problems at theaters all over New York on Christmas Day, without advance screenings for the press. It's not that Modern Problems is so bad, though it is incredibly sloppy. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Any chance the film might have had is trashed at the outset by Chase's disengaged style of non- acting and blas approach to pants-dropping. [28 Dec 1981] - 25
TV Guide Magazine
The humor is forced. - 20
Washington Post
A round of misfires from title to denouement, the new comedy "Modern Problems" is a modern problem for moviegoers: the latest rummy example of that strange abomination, the unfunny "fun" movie, victimized by utter confusion about its genre, tone and audience. [30 Dec 1981, p.B6]
