Remember how in Its a Wonderful life, Jimmy Stewart sees how life in Beford Falls would have been without him? In this movie, Jim Belushi gets to see how his life would have been if he HAD hid that home run back in high school. He would have been married to rich prom queen Rene Russo (excellent!!), instead of labor-representative-woman-of-the-people Linda Hamilton (pre-buff era, but still great looking), He would be rich and live in the Biltmore mansion in N. Carolina, instead of working stiff, with unpaved driveway in middle America. Michael Caine is very good as his "guardian angel", Jon Lovitz is the friend, but not enough to do. Great cast, skinny plot. Of course he would rather be poor than rich, rather eat pizza then French Food. He does get to go back, and then appreciate all his poor friends and family. Perhaps the moguls in their Hollywood mansions get a big laugh by their pools about the message in movies that its SO much better not to be rich! (note Sports Illustrated supermodel Kathy Ireland, in small part as Dad's girlfriend).
Review of Mr. Destiny
