The psychic comedy that's out of its mind.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Producer: Deborah Blum, Tony Ganz
Medium Sylvia Pickel and psychometrist Nick Deezy meet at a psychic research facility in New York. Not long after, they're contacted by Harry Buscafusco, who offers them $50,000 to find his lost son in South America, in the heart of Incan territory where they discover an ancient mystical secret, and each other.
99 min
Rating: 5.7/10
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Top Cast
Jeff Goldblum
Nick Deezy
Cyndi Lauper
Sylvia Pickel
Peter Falk
Harry Buscafusco
Googy Gress
Ingo Swedlin
Julian Sands
Dr. Harrison Steele
Darryl Henriques
Ricardo
Movie Info
Director: Ken Kwapis
Producer: Deborah Blum, Tony Ganz
Production Companies: Imagine Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Countries: United States of America
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Wuchak:
**_Fun Indiana Jones knock-off with Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum_**
In Manhattan, a man and woman with impressive paranormal abilities (Lauper & Goldblum) are hoodwinked by a questionable man (Peter Falk) into going to the Ecuadorian mountains to find a lost city and great treasure. Julian Sands is also on hand.
"Vibes" (1988) is cut from the same cloth as “Raiders of the Last Ark,” “King Solomon’s Mines” and “Firewalker,” mixed with a little "Ghostbusters," but it’s the least of these due to too many stabs at humor falling flat, not to mention it needed a tighter script and better special effects. No wonder it flopped at the box office. Still, it's a fun 80’s flick full of high misadventure with great Andes locations.
It was Cyndi’s movie debut. Dan Aykroyd was originally slated for Goldblum’s role, but he opted out after meeting the “unusual” musician. Lauper said in her autobiography that she and Jeff didn’t get along during shooting. Nevertheless, you can tell some of the cast had a good time, like Falk. It just needed better writing.
The film runs 1 hour, 39 minutes, and was shot in Riverside, which is a 45-minute drive east of Los Angeles, and Ecuador (Cuenca and Azogues), along with the exteriors of 32 Washington Place, Manhattan, used as the Department of Paranormal Studies.
GRADE: C+