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''Nothing In Common'' is a 1986 comedy/drama directed by Creator/GarryMarshall and starring TomHanks, [[TheHoneymooners Jackie Gleason]], [[NorthByNorthwest Eva Marie Saint]], [[OnceAndAgain Sela Ward]], [[NorthernExposure Barry Corbin]] and [[MySoCalledLife Bess Armstrong]].
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''Nothing In Common'' is a 1986 comedy/drama directed by Creator/GarryMarshall and starring TomHanks, [[TheHoneymooners Jackie Gleason]], [[NorthByNorthwest [[Film/NorthByNorthwest Eva Marie Saint]], [[OnceAndAgain Sela Ward]], [[NorthernExposure Barry Corbin]] and [[MySoCalledLife Bess Armstrong]].
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* {{Expy}}: Max is highly reminiscent of [[DeathOfASalesman Willy Loman]].
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* FollowTheLeader: ''MemoriesOfMe'', with Billy Crystal and Alan King in the Hanks / Gleason roles.
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* SoapOperaDisease: Averted with Max. [[spoiler: Adult diabetes can have some gruesome effects when you don't treat it and your dietary habits suck while you smoke cigars.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Charlie, especially in the {{Denouement}}.
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* SanitySlippage: David goes completely sideways shooting the airline commercial finding a cat on set.[[hottip:*:He's trying to deal with his sick, possibly dying father and estranged mother.]]
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* SanitySlippage: David goes completely sideways shooting the airline commercial finding a cat on set.[[hottip:*:He's [[note]]He's trying to deal with his sick, possibly dying father and estranged mother.]][[/note]]
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* MontageOut: The end credits features the characters with their various {{Happily Ever After}}s.
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** There's also Max's personalized pens, whom he gives to everyone and anyone after he's been laid off and can't give to clients anymore.
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* [[CountingToThree Counting To Ten]]: When David tries telling Woolridge he can't be at the final presentation because Max will be in surgery, Woolridge threatens David by telling him he's giving him until the count of ten to change his mind. [[{{Understatement}} David does not take this well]], screaming "'''''TEN!!!!!'''''" when Woolridge gets to three. (See PrecisionFStrike below).
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* [[CountingToThree Counting To Ten]]: When David tries telling Woolridge he can't be at the final presentation because Max will be in surgery, Woolridge threatens David by telling him he's giving him until the count of ten to change his mind. [[{{Understatement}} David does not take this well]], screaming "'''''TEN!!!!!'''''" when Woolridge gets to three.it. (See PrecisionFStrike below).
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* WhamLine: Not a ''line'', but the shot of [[spoiler: Max's diabetes-ravaged feet.]]
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-->'''Dale:''' Ms. Wayne wants the...
-->'''David:''' The copy. I know.
-->'''Dale:''' You don't make jokes anymore with me anymore, Mr. Basner.
-->'''David:''' You ''liked'' those jokes?
-->'''Dale:''' ...Yeah.
-->'''David:''' So did I.
-->'''David:''' The copy. I know.
-->'''Dale:''' You don't make jokes anymore with me anymore, Mr. Basner.
-->'''David:''' You ''liked'' those jokes?
-->'''Dale:''' ...Yeah.
-->'''David:''' So did I.
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* NoSenseOfHumor: Dale. David and the rest of the advertisers always try to make her laugh, unsuccessfully. She later admits to David that it feels strange when he's no longer trying to make her laugh during his DespairEventHorizon.
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--->David:''' You're an airplane?
--->Mishi:''' Yeah.
--->David:''' Anyone want to board Mishi?
--->Mishi:''' Yeah.
--->David:''' Anyone want to board Mishi?
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** Though "hard work" is relative:
--->'''Mishi:''' ''(pretending to be a plane)'' So board me, and feel the experience. Fly Colonial Airlines.
--->David:''' You're an airplane?
--->Mishi:''' Yeah.
--->David:''' Anyone want to board Mishi?
--->'''Mishi:''' ''(pretending to be a plane)'' So board me, and feel the experience. Fly Colonial Airlines.
--->David:''' You're an airplane?
--->Mishi:''' Yeah.
--->David:''' Anyone want to board Mishi?
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* [[CountingToThree Counting To Ten]]: When David tries telling Woolridge he can't be at the final presentation because Max will be in surgery, Woolridge threatens David by telling him he's giving him until the count of ten to change his mind. [[{{Understatement}} David does not take this well]] (see PrecisionFStrike below).
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* [[CountingToThree Counting To Ten]]: When David tries telling Woolridge he can't be at the final presentation because Max will be in surgery, Woolridge threatens David by telling him he's giving him until the count of ten to change his mind. [[{{Understatement}} David does not take this well]] (see well]], screaming "'''''TEN!!!!!'''''" when Woolridge gets to three. (See PrecisionFStrike below).
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-->'''David:''' Look, I've done the job all right! Take my stuff, do whatever you want to do with it, but for the fifth time now, I'm not going anywhere with anybody, and don't you *ever* fuckin' touch me again!
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-->'''David:''' Look, I've done the job all right! Take my stuff, do whatever you want to do with it, but for the fifth time now, I'm not going anywhere with anybody, and don't you *ever* ''ever'' fuckin' touch me again!
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-->'''David: Let's do one about a grandma...''who abandons a cat in winter''... '''''so she can romp with her grandkids!''''' We can show the cat trying to '''CLAW ITS WAY OUT TRYING TO GET FOOD!''' ''(on bullhorn)'' '''''ARE THERE MORE ANIMALS THAT GRANDMA CAN TORTURE?! MAYBE PUT A SQUIRREL IN THE FIRE?!'''''
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* SanitySlippage: David goes completely sideways shooting the airline commercial finding a cat on set.[[hottip:*:He's trying to deal with his sick, possibly dying father and estranged mother.]]
-->'''David:''' Lose the cat. Roger! Get it out of here! ''(to Roger)'' A cat?
-->'''Roger:''' She could say goodbye to the cat.
-->'''David:''' [[TranquilFury Oh. That's a]] [[SarcasmMode good idea.]]
-->'''Roger:''' Yeah.
-->'''David: Let's do one about a grandma...''who abandons a cat in winter''... '''''so she can romp with her grandkids!''''' We can show the cat trying to '''CLAW ITS WAY OUT TRYING TO GET FOOD!''' ''(on bullhorn)'' '''''ARE THERE MORE ANIMALS THAT GRANDMA CAN TORTURE?! MAYBE PUT A SQUIRREL IN THE FIRE?!'''''
-->'''David:''' Lose the cat. Roger! Get it out of here! ''(to Roger)'' A cat?
-->'''Roger:''' She could say goodbye to the cat.
-->'''David:''' [[TranquilFury Oh. That's a]] [[SarcasmMode good idea.]]
-->'''Roger:''' Yeah.
-->'''David: Let's do one about a grandma...''who abandons a cat in winter''... '''''so she can romp with her grandkids!''''' We can show the cat trying to '''CLAW ITS WAY OUT TRYING TO GET FOOD!''' ''(on bullhorn)'' '''''ARE THERE MORE ANIMALS THAT GRANDMA CAN TORTURE?! MAYBE PUT A SQUIRREL IN THE FIRE?!'''''
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* OffWithHisHead: The fate of Mr. Buzzword.
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* MoodWhiplash: The chief complaint from RogerEbert and other critics - the comedic and serious stories clashed.
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* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: Lorraine's marriage. Her first date after leaving Max suffers from this as well.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Max cheated on Lorraine during their entire marriage.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Max cheated on Lorraine during their entire marriage.marriage.
** Max responds that [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality Lorraine was completely frigid.]]
** Max responds that [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality Lorraine was completely frigid.]]
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* DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo: As David and the stewardess are having sex, the plane they're in (see MileHighClub below) runs into some turbulence; predictably, David says a variation of this line.
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* FunnyAnsweringMachine: David has funny messages all the time; when Max calls to tell him about Lorraine leaving, David's message is him advertising for a voice-over actor for his latest commercial, and when Woolridge calls to arrange a meeting, David pretends he can't hear him, until finally revealing it's a message.
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-->'''David:''' (''to a disbelieving passenger'') I'm a frequent flier; they gave me a discount.
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-->'''David:''' (''to a disbelieving passenger'') I'm a frequent flier; they gave me a discount.bonus.
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* RunningGag: In addition to Charlie's DodgyToupee, there's also David's attempts throughout the movie to get the secretary at the ad agency to laugh, all of which fail.
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* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: When two young kids at the ad agency at the beginning call David "dude", he responds, "That's Mr. Basner to you."
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* ProductionPosse: Hector Elizondo, who has appeared in just about every movie Garry Marshall has ever directed, plays Charlie, David's boss.
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* TheWindyCity: The movie takes place in Chicago and its suburbs.
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* TheWindyCity: The movie takes place in Chicago and its suburbs.suburbs.
* YourCheatingHeart: Max cheated on Lorraine during their entire marriage.
* YourCheatingHeart: Max cheated on Lorraine during their entire marriage.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Charlie doesn't quote anything specific from Literature/TheBible, but when he tries to make David feel better by telling him about his own troubles with his father (Charlie put his father in a nursing home because he was starting to go senile, and at the end, his father didn't even recognize Charlie), and David says he thought Charlie was the perfect son, Charlie gently replies, "[[{{Jesus}} They told me there was only one of those guys]]."
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* [[CountingToThree Counting To Ten]]: When David tries telling Woolridge he can't be at the final presentation because Max will be in surgery, Woolridge threatens David by telling him he's giving him until the count of ten to change his mind. [[{{Understatement}} David does not take this well]] (see PrecisionFStrike below).
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* PrecisionFStrike: When Woolridge threatens him to come to the presentation (or he'll lose the account), David has had enough:
-->'''David:''' Look, I've done the job all right! Take my stuff, do whatever you want to do with it, but for the fifth time now, I'm not going anywhere with anybody, and don't you *ever* fuckin' touch me again!
-->'''David:''' Look, I've done the job all right! Take my stuff, do whatever you want to do with it, but for the fifth time now, I'm not going anywhere with anybody, and don't you *ever* fuckin' touch me again!
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->''Tomorrow, I'm doing a commercial about a family that loves each other, cares for each other. I'm faking it.''
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* AllMenArePerverts:
-->'''Max:''' Your best friend is your dick.
-->'''David:''' Now where did I learn that? Your best friend is *your* dick!
-->'''Max:''' Great, maybe the four of us can get together and have lunch.
* CallingTheOldManOut: David does this to Max after Lorraine reveals just how badly Max treated her during their marriage.
-->'''Max:''' Your best friend is your dick.
-->'''David:''' Now where did I learn that? Your best friend is *your* dick!
-->'''Max:''' Great, maybe the four of us can get together and have lunch.
* CallingTheOldManOut: David does this to Max after Lorraine reveals just how badly Max treated her during their marriage.
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-->'''Lorraine:''' (''after Charlie runs off because he's uncomfortable with Lorraine staring at him'') That man's toupee is the worst! Do you think he knows?
-->'''David:''' He does now. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, mom]].
-->'''David:''' He does now. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, mom]].
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-->'''Lorraine:''' (''after Charlie runs off because he's uncomfortable with Lorraine staring at him'') That man's toupee rug is the worst! *worst*! Do you think he knows?
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-->'''David:'''He does now. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, mom]].He does now]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: At Woolridge's stable, a colt and a foal are shown mating together while David and Cheryl stare at each other.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: At Woolridge's stable, a colt and a foal are shown mating together while David and Cheryl stare at each other.
* NoExceptYes: David does this twice; when he's bed with the stewardess, she asks him if she's involved with someone, and he responds, "No. Yes. Well; does self-involved count?" Later, Cheryl asks if she's coming on too strong to him, and he replies, "No. No. Well, not for a sumo wrestler."
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** Also, when David first sees Cheryl Ann and immediately becomes attracted to her, he asks if she knows what time it is (she tells him), and then he quotes a line from WoodyAllen's ''Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)'' ("Before you know it, TheRenaissance will be here and we'll all be painting"). [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure She doesn't get it]].
* SpitTake: David does a variant of this when he and Woolridge are out hunting. Woolridge tells David Cheryl speaks highly of him, and adds, "She says you're a great lay," whereupon David accidentally shoots his gun.
* SpitTake: David does a variant of this when he and Woolridge are out hunting. Woolridge tells David Cheryl speaks highly of him, and adds, "She says you're a great lay," whereupon David accidentally shoots his gun.
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** Also, when David first sees Cheryl Ann and immediately becomes attracted to her, he asks if she knows what time it is (she tells him), and then he quotes a line from WoodyAllen's ''Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)'' ("Before you know it, TheRenaissance will be here and we'll all be busy painting"). [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure She doesn't get it]].
* SpitTake: David does a variant of this when he and Woolridge are out hunting. Woolridge tells David Cheryl speaks highly of him, and adds, "She says you're a great lay," whereupon David accidentally shoots hisgun.gun.
* TheWindyCity: The movie takes place in Chicago and its suburbs.
* SpitTake: David does a variant of this when he and Woolridge are out hunting. Woolridge tells David Cheryl speaks highly of him, and adds, "She says you're a great lay," whereupon David accidentally shoots his
* TheWindyCity: The movie takes place in Chicago and its suburbs.
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David Basner (Hanks) is a top-flight ad exec who's doing well in his life - he's got a good chance to land a major airline account, and becomes attracted to Cheryl Ann Wayne (Ward), the daughter of the airline owner, Andrew Woolridge (Corbin). But his personal life is turned upside down when his father, Max (Gleason) calls one night to tell him David's mother, Lorraine (Saint), has just walked out after 35 years of marriage. David must try to juggle both his career and personal life while trying to help both of his parents out, and trying especially to repair his relationship with his father.
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David Basner (Hanks) is a top-flight ad exec who's doing well in his life - he's got a good chance to land Colonial, a major airline account, and becomes attracted to Cheryl Ann Wayne (Ward), the daughter of the airline Colonial's owner, Andrew Woolridge (Corbin). But his personal life is turned upside down when his father, Max (Gleason) calls one night to tell him David's mother, Lorraine (Saint), has just walked out after 35 36 years of marriage. David must try to juggle both his career and personal life while trying to help both of his parents out, and trying especially to repair his relationship with his father.
* HardWorkMontage: A particularly effective one of David and his team trying to think of an ad campaign for Colonial, linked together by shots of David playing his drumsticks.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Donna chides David for not showing up at her experimental theater show; David counters he was trying to conduct an experiment of seeing if he could enjoy the show without actually going.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted; there are two maintenance men at the building David works in, both named Manny (naturally, David [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this).
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted; there are two maintenance men at the building David works in, both named Manny (naturally, David [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this).this).
* ShoutOut: Early in the movie, Charlie says he hopes David has turned down the offers he's received from other ad agencies; David replies that he turned them down because those agencies wouldn't make him a partner;
-->'''Charlie:''' (''disbelieving'') Partner? Boyle, Gargas, Lionel and Basner?
-->'''David:''' Like...[[Music/TheBeatles John, Paul, George and Ringo]].
** Becomes an IronicEcho later, when Charlie sends David a letter telling him he's free to pursue the airline account, and signs it, "John, Paul, George and Ringo".
** Also, when David first sees Cheryl Ann and immediately becomes attracted to her, he asks if she knows what time it is (she tells him), and then he quotes a line from WoodyAllen's ''Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)'' ("Before you know it, TheRenaissance will be here and we'll all be painting"). [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure She doesn't get it]].
* SpitTake: David does a variant of this when he and Woolridge are out hunting. Woolridge tells David Cheryl speaks highly of him, and adds, "She says you're a great lay," whereupon David accidentally shoots his gun.
* ShoutOut: Early in the movie, Charlie says he hopes David has turned down the offers he's received from other ad agencies; David replies that he turned them down because those agencies wouldn't make him a partner;
-->'''Charlie:''' (''disbelieving'') Partner? Boyle, Gargas, Lionel and Basner?
-->'''David:''' Like...[[Music/TheBeatles John, Paul, George and Ringo]].
** Becomes an IronicEcho later, when Charlie sends David a letter telling him he's free to pursue the airline account, and signs it, "John, Paul, George and Ringo".
** Also, when David first sees Cheryl Ann and immediately becomes attracted to her, he asks if she knows what time it is (she tells him), and then he quotes a line from WoodyAllen's ''Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)'' ("Before you know it, TheRenaissance will be here and we'll all be painting"). [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure She doesn't get it]].
* SpitTake: David does a variant of this when he and Woolridge are out hunting. Woolridge tells David Cheryl speaks highly of him, and adds, "She says you're a great lay," whereupon David accidentally shoots his gun.
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->''Tomorrow, I'm doing a commercial about a family that loves each other, cares for each other. I'm faking it.''
-'''''David Basner'''''
''Nothing In Common'' is a 1986 comedy/drama directed by Creator/GarryMarshall and starring TomHanks, [[TheHoneymooners Jackie Gleason]], [[NorthByNorthwest Eva Marie Saint]], [[OnceAndAgain Sela Ward]], [[NorthernExposure Barry Corbin]] and [[MySoCalledLife Bess Armstrong]].
David Basner (Hanks) is a top-flight ad exec who's doing well in his life - he's got a good chance to land a major airline account, and becomes attracted to Cheryl Ann Wayne (Ward), the daughter of the airline owner, Andrew Woolridge (Corbin). But his personal life is turned upside down when his father, Max (Gleason) calls one night to tell him David's mother, Lorraine (Saint), has just walked out after 35 years of marriage. David must try to juggle both his career and personal life while trying to help both of his parents out, and trying especially to repair his relationship with his father.
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* DeadpanSnarker: David fits this trope pretty well, and Donna and Max also qualify. Cheryl Ann, who otherwise DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm, even has one moment of this near the end as well, which astonishes David.
* DodgyToupee: A RunningGag throughout the movie is the series of these that Charlie, David's boss, wears, until he finally decides to go with his natural bald look.
-->'''Lorraine:''' (''after Charlie runs off because he's uncomfortable with Lorraine staring at him'') That man's toupee is the worst! Do you think he knows?
-->'''David:''' He does now. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, mom]].
* HeroicBSOD: David has one of these during the shooting of the commercial (the day after his big fight with Max), until Roger, the director, calms him down.
* MileHighClub: David has sex with a stewardess on the plane at the beginning of the movie - ''while in his seat''.
-->'''David:''' (''to a disbelieving passenger'') I'm a frequent flier; they gave me a discount.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; there are two maintenance men at the building David works in, both named Manny (naturally, David [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this).
-'''''David Basner'''''
''Nothing In Common'' is a 1986 comedy/drama directed by Creator/GarryMarshall and starring TomHanks, [[TheHoneymooners Jackie Gleason]], [[NorthByNorthwest Eva Marie Saint]], [[OnceAndAgain Sela Ward]], [[NorthernExposure Barry Corbin]] and [[MySoCalledLife Bess Armstrong]].
David Basner (Hanks) is a top-flight ad exec who's doing well in his life - he's got a good chance to land a major airline account, and becomes attracted to Cheryl Ann Wayne (Ward), the daughter of the airline owner, Andrew Woolridge (Corbin). But his personal life is turned upside down when his father, Max (Gleason) calls one night to tell him David's mother, Lorraine (Saint), has just walked out after 35 years of marriage. David must try to juggle both his career and personal life while trying to help both of his parents out, and trying especially to repair his relationship with his father.
This movie contains examples of:
* DeadpanSnarker: David fits this trope pretty well, and Donna and Max also qualify. Cheryl Ann, who otherwise DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm, even has one moment of this near the end as well, which astonishes David.
* DodgyToupee: A RunningGag throughout the movie is the series of these that Charlie, David's boss, wears, until he finally decides to go with his natural bald look.
-->'''Lorraine:''' (''after Charlie runs off because he's uncomfortable with Lorraine staring at him'') That man's toupee is the worst! Do you think he knows?
-->'''David:''' He does now. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, mom]].
* HeroicBSOD: David has one of these during the shooting of the commercial (the day after his big fight with Max), until Roger, the director, calms him down.
* MileHighClub: David has sex with a stewardess on the plane at the beginning of the movie - ''while in his seat''.
-->'''David:''' (''to a disbelieving passenger'') I'm a frequent flier; they gave me a discount.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; there are two maintenance men at the building David works in, both named Manny (naturally, David [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this).
