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Wired
Directed by
Larry Peerce
R
1989
1h 52m
Drama
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Comedy
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3.6
4%
15%
3.4
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The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career, while journalist Bob Woodward researches Belushi's life as he prepares to write a book about the late comic actor.
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Cast of Wired
Michael Chiklis
John Belushi
Ray Sharkey
Angel Velasquez
J.T. Walsh
Bob Woodward
Patti D'Arbanville
Cathy Smith
Lucinda Jenney
Judy Belushi
Alex Rocco
Arnie Fromson
Gary Groomes
Dan Aykroyd
Jere Burns
Lou Connors
Clyde Kusatsu
Coroner Thomas Noguchi
Tom Bower
Detective
Earl Billings
Detective
Dakin Matthews
Washington Post Editor
J.C. Quinn
Comedy Coach
Blake Clark
Dusty Jenkins
Paul Ben-Victor
Tom Perino
Ned Bellamy
Paul Forrest
Larry Peerce
Director
Bob Woodward
Writer
Earl Mac Rauch
Screenplay
Edward S. Feldman
Producer
Wired Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Dave Kehr
Given the impossibility of his assignment, Michael Chiklis doesn't do half badly as Belushi -- he`s clearly a better actor, though not necessarily a better comic, than the original -- but otherwise Wired can claim only camp value.
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
The result is a film that hedges its bets but still manages to portray the destructive power of drugs.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
What you're left with is a vague portrait of the artist as the victim of too much, too soon.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
You leave this movie unenlightened about who John Belushi really was, or why he abused himself so badly.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Roger Hurlburt
Every time the film makes some sense, the sweaty and sleepless face of Belushi invades in close-up and we know it`s only a matter of time before director Peerce will make us privy to the comic`s needless death.
Los Angeles Times
Michael Wilmington
The crippling flaw in the film lies in its mix of surface daring and inner funk. Inside, it keeps flinching.
People Magazine
Ralph Novak
The reenacted Saturday Night Live routines that made Belushi a star seem grim.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
The picture certainly succeeds at reproducing Belushi's manic energy and wired-up sensibility. But it fails to give any meaningful insights into a couple of issues that must be dealt with if his biography is to have any enduring value.
TV Guide
The film is commendable for neither preaching and nor excusing, for its depiction of the pressures of show business, which have an ugly-accurate, insider's feel, and for its excellent performances.
Variety
Variety Staff
Relentlessly offputting.
Rob's Movie Vault
Rob Gonsalves
A profoundly trivial and tasteless affair.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
One of the all-time worst. An offense.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
It's not only that [Chiklis] seems too young, but also that he simply hasn't any idea of what it's like to scrape the bottom of life's barrel.
Nitrate Online
Dan Lybarger
Chiklis has atoned for his sins here with later roles. This Belushi biopic is monotonous and even racist (Belushi's inept guardian angel is Puerto Rican cab driver).
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's excruciating to watch Chiklis drain the wit from such classic Belushi routines as the Samurai, the Bees and the Blues Brothers.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Wired is in some ways a sincere attempt to deal with the material, but it is such an ungainly and hapless movie, so stupidly written, so awkwardly directed and acted, that it never gets off the ground.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Despite a histrionic outpouring of growls, snorts, yells and re-creations of familiar Belushi shticks, from Jake Elmore to Joe Cocker, Chiklis seems to miss every opportunity to redeem himself.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This is "the movie that Hollywood didn't want you to see"; now you know why.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Wired is a biography without an ounce of soul or a shred of dignity. Billed as a fantasy-comedy-drama, it manages to be none of these. The drama is laughable, the comedy lame, the fantasy without wings.
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