Modern Problems

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Modern Problems

PG

1981

1h 31m

Comedy

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Air traffic controller Max (Chevy Chase) has a life so stressful that he feels himself constantly on the verge of a breakdown. When his girlfriend, Darcy (Patti D'Arbanville), leaves him, the feeling worsens until a freak accident endows him with telekinetic powers. He immediately puts them to work in order to win Darcy back, sabotaging every new relationship she attempts. The plan begins to succeed until the two spend the weekend at a friend's beach house, and Max grows mad with power.

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Bruce McCabe

Boston Globe

04/28/2018

What is comedy coming to?

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

10/28/2005

2/5

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

04/06/2005

1/5

Aggressively obnoxious FX comedy with Chase at his absolute hammiest.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

03/27/2005

1/4

Exacerbating matters is [Chevy] Chase's performance, which is incredibly obnoxious even by his standards.

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Kat G

03/14/2024

This has always been a FAVORITE, Airplane Real Genius and the like...... But Modern Problems has always held a special spot!!! Enjoy it laugh don't critique

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11/10/2019

Not as bad as the critics say...Chevy fans will find his humor slightly off but what the heck...it's Chevy Chase!

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Zsolt &

10/15/2019

This is just extremely bad. The movie has now flow or purpose. It's boring and nonsensical. The characters behave nothing like real people. And it's not funny.

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12/05/2016

So funny, and fairly old fashioned style of comedy.

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08/16/2014

Chevy Chase carries this film. Not bad of you like wacky 80's comedies, but not brilliant either.

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08/10/2014

Horrible. Not funny, story goes nowhere.

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Darcy

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Air traffic controller Max (Chevy Chase) has a life so stressful that he feels himself constantly on the verge of a breakdown. When his girlfriend, Darcy (Patti D'Arbanville), leaves him, the feeling worsens until a freak accident endows him with telekinetic powers. He immediately puts them to work in order to win Darcy back, sabotaging every new relationship she attempts. The plan begins to succeed until the two spend the weekend at a friend's beach house, and Max grows mad with power.

Director: Ken Shapiro
Producer: Alan Greisman, Michael Shamberg
Screenwriter: Ken Shapiro, Tom Sherohman, Arthur Sellers
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 1981, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 31m

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