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Checking Out

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An airline executive (Jeff Daniels) with a wife (Melanie Mayron) and two children becomes a hypochondriac afraid of dying.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
The problem with Checking Out is that it provides us with fears we can understand and responses that seem to have been phoned in from a sitcom. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 06/03/2010
1/4
An absolutely interminable piece of work... Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily 10/05/2005
2/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/28/2005
2/5
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) 07/08/2004
3/5
Too broad, ultimately botched, but constantly watchable. Go to Full Review
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12/31/2012 A lot of misfires here, but, there's some good biting black comedy in it all. See more 02/13/2010 Jeff Daniels struggles with hypochondria in a black comedy. It's a poorly made movie that is neither funny or watchable. Let's just say that there is a good reason why you probably have never heard of it. (First and only viewing - 7/15/2008) See more 01/08/2009 a bad comedy that never really got funny and seemed to last 45 minutes to an hour longer than it really did, I mean it just drug on and on. A very poor effort by whoever the director was. Daniels was ok, but the movie was just a waste of time. See more 11/22/2008 Not worth the time. Its boring and nothing special. I wasn't even that entertained with this. See more 06/17/2008 As someone also obssessed with mortality, this film had me rolling around laughing. I could see my paranoia reflected back at me. I love Jeff Daniels, and he certainly doesn't disappoint in this movie. This movie has very few fans... maybe only 2. I'm one of them. I find it hysterical, I really don't know why more people don't love it too. See more 02/25/2008 Walking the fine line between comedy and introspection regarding the topics of anxiety and hypochondria, Checking Out is quite possibly one of the worst films ever created -- a point evidenced in its $13,000 domestic box office gross See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An airline executive (Jeff Daniels) with a wife (Melanie Mayron) and two children becomes a hypochondriac afraid of dying.
Director
David Leland
Producer
Ben Myron
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 21, 1989, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.7K
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Surround
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)