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The Dream Team

1989 · 113 min

A warm, chaotic comedy where quirky characters stumble through danger, mixing laughs with heartfelt moments.

Directed by
Howard Zieff
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Tagline
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.
Overview
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.

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Directed by
Howard Zieff
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • identity
  • found family
  • loyalty
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour8
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, crime, thriller
Directed by
Howard Zieff
Written by
David Loucka, Jon Connolly
Starring
Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco, Milo O'Shea, Philip Bosco
Music
David McHugh
Cinematography
Adam Holender
Runtime
113 min
Country
United States of America, Canada
Languages
English

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