I watched this all the time when it was on cable in the 80s. A lighthearted comedy about an engineer working in the automotive industry who gets laid off and is forced to be a stay at home dad when his wife enters the workforce.
When I was a kid, I loved the impeccable comic timing of Michael Keaton and the classic hilarious bits like the baby eating chili, the supermarket scene or the soap opera dream.
Rewatching it at 45 years old it hits on so many different levels as well. The nostalgia of the early 80s ( All the references to Rocky, Jaws, Chariots of Fire, ET etc) the still funny comedy bits. But also, having raised children, having dealt with marital friction, being a Mr. Mom of sorts myself, living through economic downturns etc. It hit close to home, in a good way.
All in all, it's a showcase for Michael Keaton and the writing of John Hughes. Sometimes it drags a little but it wraps up tightly and comically at the end.
Also, I want to go out like Jack goes out in the soap opera sequence. Two women fighting over me, wearing a beard and my favorite flannel with a cold Miller Lite in my hands.
When I was a kid, I loved the impeccable comic timing of Michael Keaton and the classic hilarious bits like the baby eating chili, the supermarket scene or the soap opera dream.
Rewatching it at 45 years old it hits on so many different levels as well. The nostalgia of the early 80s ( All the references to Rocky, Jaws, Chariots of Fire, ET etc) the still funny comedy bits. But also, having raised children, having dealt with marital friction, being a Mr. Mom of sorts myself, living through economic downturns etc. It hit close to home, in a good way.
All in all, it's a showcase for Michael Keaton and the writing of John Hughes. Sometimes it drags a little but it wraps up tightly and comically at the end.
Also, I want to go out like Jack goes out in the soap opera sequence. Two women fighting over me, wearing a beard and my favorite flannel with a cold Miller Lite in my hands.