Modern Problems (1981) on Netflix
PG19811h 33mComedyFantasySci-Fi
Max Fielder works air traffic control at Kennedy International Airport, and his girlfriend Darcy has just left him. Nuclear waste spills onto his car, and the next day he has telekinesis.
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Plot summary
Darcy has left Max Fielder, an air traffic controller at New York's Kennedy International Airport, because of his jealousy and negativity. Everywhere he goes he runs into her with Barry, a narcissistic friend who wants Darcy to be his girlfriend. Driving home one night from a party at a gay nightclub in Lower Manhattan, he is caught when a tanker truck spills nuclear waste over his car. Some splashes through his open sunroof and he glows green before it absorbs into his skin. The next day he notices he has developed telekinesis.
Cast
- Arthur Sellersas Mobile Supervisor
- Neil Thompsonas Controller #1
- Carl Irwinas Controller #2
- Ronald E. Houseas Vendor (as Ron House)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Modern Problems (1981)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Chevy Chase was nearly fatally electrocuted while filming a flying scene involving wires, and had to spend several weeks in the hospital.
- Modern Problems was recut before release to avoid an R rating, which upset the writers, who felt the film's best laughs were lost.
