

A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
Acting
Candy's nervous writer energy is uncomfortably relatable
Writing
Soap-within-movie jokes that predicted our entire irony era
Production
Cheesy soap aesthetic that KNOWS it's cheesy

Director
Tom Mankiewicz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Mankiewicz directed this after decades as a script doctor on Superman and Bond films—fitting for a movie about rewriting narratives.
This bombed in '91 but predicted everything from Stranger Than Fiction to Free Guy's 'writer trapped in creation' premise. Ahead of its time, ignored by its time.