Review of It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

I saw this movie at the grocery checkout for $3.99 with John Candy's face on the cover and thought it would be a funny movie to check out. The synopsis provided on the back started off, "John Candy heads a hilarious all star cast in this laugh a minute comedy . . ." Needless to say, the movie tries to go in too many different directions without going anywhere at all. If you can overlook the bad video editing, sound effects, music, bad acting (from some of the cast), etc, you still have difficulty getting through the plot (if you can call it that). Stephanie Powers, Anthony Newley & Isaac Hayes perform well, but nothing can save the script and pointless story. Yvonne DeCarlo's character has no point in this movie and John Candy appears in only a handful of scenes with a few lines. A real disappointment.