Movie

Checking Out (1988)

• R
• October 26, 1988
• 1h 36m

• Comedy

“Nine out of ten doctors say Ray is perfectly healthy. But what do they know?”

Overview

When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.

Director

David Leland

Writers

Joe Eszterhas

Starring

Jeff Daniels, Melanie Mayron, Michael Tucker