A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Jim Belushi
- Homer Lanza
- (as James Belushi)
Jeff Thiel
- Twin #2
- (as Jeffrey Thiel)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBest buddies in this movie, Whoopi Goldberg and Jim Belushi previously appeared as rivals in Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986).
- GoofsWhen Eddie spots the red car at the produce stand and tells Homer to pull in there, she is in the back seat. After they pull in they show her sitting in the front seat.
- Quotes
Eddie Cervi: Feelin' pretty good? Then let's go!
- SoundtracksDown Home Jubilee
Performed by Susi Beatty
Written by Dennis Morgan, Spady Brannan & Susi Beatty
Produced by David Malloy
Courtesy of Little Shop of Morgansongs/Spady Music/S.G.P. LTD
Featured review
Ragged but interesting
Whoopi Goldberg-James Belushi road movie isn't very good, isn't well-directed, but it does have something. Wrongly advertised as a wacky comedy, "Homer and Eddie" is actually a surprisingly sensitive and light-on-its-feet drama about friendship. Mentally backward man (Belushi) partners with an escaped mental patient named Eddie (Goldberg) who also has a brain tumor and keeps thinking she sees Jesus going by. Sort of a tragic love story between two unfortunate people that life threw away. Both stars are just fine, but the sloppy editing shows signs of an indecisive captain of the ship, and the blue-collar rock music on the soundtrack is grating. Panned by the critics, I found several scenes between the leads to be moving and funny, and Belushi shows a wonderfully huggable side of himself with a lovely monologue at a funeral; this is his best performance to date. **1/2 from ****
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- moonspinner55
- May 9, 2002
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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