In Delirious, everything is like a telenovela. Strictly on a diet of absurdity, the film loses comedy and ends up being annoying. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 9, 2022

The soaps remain safe - so far the real things are dependably funnier than the movies about them.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 29, 2021

John Candy and company may have been loudly struggling and straining on screen to find even a smidgen of humor in the pathetic plot, but you could hear a pin drop in the theater.

| Jun 29, 2021

To its credit, "Delirious" has a sweet affability, even at its most predictable.

| Jun 29, 2021

While there are some pleasant, even funny, moments, many of the gags are of the "slapschtick" variety, with much too much slap and no real memorable schtick.

| Jun 29, 2021

Often... the script and the all-thumbs direction of Tom Mankiewicz leave Candy and the rest of the cast (Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, David Rasche, Raymond Burr) stranded.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 29, 2021

Despite the Candy topping, "Delirious" ain't delicious.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 29, 2021

Delirious is what everyone involved with this project must have been when they decided it was a good idea.

| Jun 29, 2021

It's a movie about a nightmare, but instead of turning into some kind of bad dream itself, it just turns into a bad movie.

| Jun 29, 2021

It appears as though Mankiewicz wanted to conduct his own triumphant slapstick symphony with Delirious. He just brought the wrong sheet music to share with his cast.

| Original Score: D | Aug 9, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 16, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 19, 2007

Delirious is a witless comedy about soap operas in which the estimable John Candy mugs uncomfortably through a desperately unfunny script with a plot as tediously convoluted as those it spoofs.

| Oct 4, 2006

Old jokes are piled on top of incomprehensible plot development until you feel truly delirious.

| Jan 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 5, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 29, 2005

John Candy goooooood!

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 19, 2003

Excellent comedy. Really plays the soap opera and magic typewriter gimmicks to the fullest.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 25, 2003

The film has slow stretches, but Mr. Candy is jaunty enough to keep the mood good-humored.

| May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 15/100 | Sep 26, 2002