Posted by turningintoJerry at dialup-4.72.6.7.dial1.chicago1.level3.net on October 12, 2003 at 19:07:09:
...brilliant movie. It's about two brothers, Wilder (Arliss Howard) and Wallace (Dennis Quaid). Wilder works at a photo hut in the perpetually empty parking lot of a Mall. He is married to Vita (Debra Winger) and lives in a mobile home, where Vita is confined under house arrest. The only action he sees in his life is from his sex-crazed wife and from being a volunteer fireman, working with a group of regular firemen who are also their own occapella group. This WAS the only action he saw, until one day when his brother, Wallace, comes to town, working as Biff the Clown at the traveling carnival that just set up in the empty mall lot. He hadn't seen Wallace in five years, since he married Vita who Wallace loved. The fact that both brothers can control fire with their minds is kind of beside the point, but hilarious hijinks ensue. Definitely worth a watch.