Synopsis
This morning they were playing ping-pong in the hospital rec room. Now they're lost in New York and framed for murder. This was never covered in group therapy.
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Cast
- Michael KeatonBilly Caufield
- Christopher LloydHenry Sikorsky
- Peter BoyleJack McDermott
- Stephen FurstAlbert Ianuzzi
- Dennis BoutsikarisDr. Weitzman
- Lorraine BraccoRiley
- Milo O’SheaDr. Newald
- Philip BoscoO'Malley
- James RemarGianelli
- Jack GilpinDr. Talmer
Recommendations
- 75
Washington Post
A surprisingly amiable romp about a zany quartet of escaped mental patients four who flew out of the cuckoo's nest. - 70
Time Out
Despite the barrage of one-liners and almost farcial plot twists, Zieff's light touch and some unselfish ensemble acting make this team genuinely endearing. - 60
Empire
A well-put together team performance, with enough in-jokes and self-effacement to steer clear of any detours into bad taste. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Writers Jon Connelly and David Loucka have fashioned a script that works largely because of the efforts of the four capable and credible actors who comprise The Dream Team: Christopher LLoyd, Stephen Furst, Peter Boyle, and Michael Keaton. - 60
Variety
The Dream Team is a hokey comedy that basically reduces mental illness to a grab bag of quirky schtick. Yet with a quartet of gifted comic actors having a field day playing loonies on the loose in Manhattan, much of that schtick is awfully funny. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The Dream Team is essentially a formula picture filled with missed opportunities. The fact that it has several passages that really work, and that the actors create characters we can care about, only underlines the bankruptcy of its imagination. - 50
The New York Times
There's nothing dreadfully wrong with The Dream Team, Howard Zieff's new comedy, except that it's not funny too much of the time. On those occasions when it is funny, the humor less often prompts laughter than mute appreciation of the talents of the principal performers - Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd and Peter Boyle. - 50
Los Angeles Times
So clearly derived from the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest that you might begin to wonder when Jack Nicholson will show up. The Dream Team isn't unusual, but it's funnier than, say, Twins or Fletch Lives. It can't really hit any classic highs, perhaps because it regards rebellion as cute and paranoia as a running gag. The jokes, to stick, need grittier, sawtooth edges.
