Simply A Masterpiece

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

On the way to a baseball game, sanitarium patients get stranded in New York City after their chaperone is hospitalized and they're being pursued by criminals. The Dream Team is a 1989 comedy starring Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, Lorraine Bracco and Dennis Boutsikaris. This movie caught me by surprise not only it was hilarious and touching but you also have this 4 different types of people one hardly talks, the other one thinks is a doctor, then the next one thinks is god and finally Keaton has anger issues all 4 men give outstanding performances and honestly everyone did what they had to do nicely. Movies such as this are the reason why 80's were so awesome real funny lines not jokes about farts and adult language every 5 minutes or even nudity. This is a smart comedy just think of it as One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest but only funnier. I give it a 10 out of 10 of course!!!

It's been 3 weeks since 4 mental patients were taken off of their medication and the psychiatrist in charge of them has decided that it would be good therapy to take them into nearby New York City to see a Yankees baseball game. What he doesn't count on is being assaulted in an alley for witnessing a crime and being taken to a local hospital there while his 4 mental patients are left to their own devices. Neither does he realize that these 4 clinically insane individuals are all that stands between him and some rogue cops who are determined to tie up any and all loose ends by killing him. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that this turned out to be a decent comedy all things considered. Although I was somewhat disappointed with the performance of Michael Keaton (as "Billy Caufield") he still managed to contribute some comic relief here and there so I suppose his talent wasn't totally wasted. On the other hand, I thought Stephen Furst (as "Albert Ianuzzi") was absolutely hilarious and in my opinion he essentially stole the show. In any case, despite its uneven nature I happened to like this movie and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

Washington Post reviewer Rita Kempley called the Dream Team "a surprisingly amiable romp about a zany quartet of escaped mental patients who flew out of the cuckoo's nest." I agree. But it also interested me because it features Lorraine Bracco in an ingénue role 15 years before she became famous as Tony's psychiatrist in HBO's "The Sopranos." Her delightful voice/speech is so recognizable!!!It would seem natural to compare this to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," but that would be like comparing an AA minor league team to the New York Yankees. Cuckoo's Nest had an outstanding script based on an outstanding novel, while "The Dream Team" is an enjoyable B-movie. Moreover, Michael Keaton is good but he's no Jack Nicholson.Christopher Lloyd (playing the nut who thinks he is a psychiatrist) is excellent. I also appreciated the performances of Peter Boyle (he thinks he is Jesus Christ but preaches nakedness), and Stephen Furst (he is a semi-catatonic who speaks only in baseball announcer clichés.)

I was so disappointed that Christopher Lloyd in the role of a lunatic didn't actually make me laugh! After seeing Lloyd in Taxi, believe me you'd expect so many laughs in this movie but unfortunately you want have any.It's just a silly movie with a bunch of very good actors. Had it been those great actors in the movie, I wouldn't have bothered watching till the end.Really it's a frustration that Michael Keaton (Multiplicity), Peter Boyle (funniest character in Everybody Loves Raymond), and The Christopher Lloyd (Taxi, Back to the future, and others), all didn't really make this movie a worthy experience.