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Checking Out (1989) - Original Trailer. Ray Macklin (Jeff Daniels) is obsessed with his own mortality. When a close friend suddenly dies of a heart attack at a barbecue, Ray becomes convinced...
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Plot. Ray Macklin is obsessed with his own mortality. When a close friend suddenly dies of a heart attack at a barbecue, Ray becomes convinced that every ache, pain and twinge he experiences is a sign of his own impending death.
Checking Out is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Jeff Hare and written by Richard Marcus, based on the play of the same name by Allen Swift. It stars Peter Falk, Laura San Giacomo, David Paymer and Judge Reinhold.
When his best friend drops dead in the middle of telling this groaner, it brings about an existential fear of death for successful airline executive and family man Ray Macklin (Jeff Daniels), who soon becomes convinced that every ache and pain he experiences brings him one step closer to the grave.
The problem with “Checking Out” is that it provides us with fears we can understand and responses that seem to have been phoned in from a sitcom. The movie stars Jeff Daniels as Macklin, a suburban everyman who half believes he will never die, until his best pal drops dead in the middle of a joke.
When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.
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