Oddly enough I have never actually seen the 1983 movie "Going Berserk" before now in 2020. And I have always enjoyed watching John Candy's movies, but I just never had the opportunity to sit down to watch this movie from writer Dana Olsen and director David Steinberg.
Initially I was looking forward to sitting down to watch "Going Berserk". Of course mainly because John Candy was in the lead, but also because the movie had the likes of Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Alley Mills, Pat Hingle, Kurtwood Smith and Ernie Hudson on the cast list.
However, this movie, while it was watchable, just wasn't up to the standard of John Candy comedies. There was just something unique missing from the formula to make it outstanding. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that "Going Berserk" was not an entertaining movie, it was, but it just wasn't the usual John Candy special. It was the lack of the usual Candy comedy that somehow held the movie back from being more enjoyable.
I sat through "Going Berserk", and can now check it off of the to-watch-list, but this was not a movie that left a lasting impression on me, and I definitely do not feel that I had been missing out on a gem in John Candy's career.
My rating of "Going Berserk" settles on a slightly less than mediocre four out of ten stars. This is hardly a movie that I will be sitting down to watch for a second time.
Initially I was looking forward to sitting down to watch "Going Berserk". Of course mainly because John Candy was in the lead, but also because the movie had the likes of Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Alley Mills, Pat Hingle, Kurtwood Smith and Ernie Hudson on the cast list.
However, this movie, while it was watchable, just wasn't up to the standard of John Candy comedies. There was just something unique missing from the formula to make it outstanding. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that "Going Berserk" was not an entertaining movie, it was, but it just wasn't the usual John Candy special. It was the lack of the usual Candy comedy that somehow held the movie back from being more enjoyable.
I sat through "Going Berserk", and can now check it off of the to-watch-list, but this was not a movie that left a lasting impression on me, and I definitely do not feel that I had been missing out on a gem in John Candy's career.
My rating of "Going Berserk" settles on a slightly less than mediocre four out of ten stars. This is hardly a movie that I will be sitting down to watch for a second time.