When four housewives from Westchester come into New York City for matinee day, they never make it to the show because of incidents surrounding a suicidal woman that one of them, Barbara Rhodes, rescues from jumping onto the tracks. It turns out that she's being blackmailed by wealthy businessman Gerald Gordon which threatens to hurt her husband's political career. Rhodes and the other women (Tina Louise, Joanne Pflug and Georgia Engel), all do-gooders in their own way and very dramatic, decide to help her by confronting Gordon (in disguise as the Marx Brothers) and enlist the help of friendly cab driver Rick Aviles (the nasty Willie from "Ghost") not only to take them everywhere but enlist his street smarts in outwitting Gordon and his merry mob.
I'd like to single out Aviles who utilizes his talent for broad comedy (something he didn't do in many of his later film roles where he was sadly typecast), and he steals every moment that he's on camera. It's great to see Tina Louise being funny and enjoying herself, and I found it ironic that she's working here with Pflug whom she replaced on the short lived syndicated soap opera "Rituals". She gets to play Chico Marx and later do a French accent, while the other three women disguise themselves as nuns. Gordon, best known for playing hot-tempered physicians on the soap operas "The Doctors" and "General Hospital", is a fun villain. Hagerty is a fragile victim here, rescued by these amazing women. Maybe not the most believable of situations, but it's a nice distracting 90 minutes with lots to laugh with.
I'd like to single out Aviles who utilizes his talent for broad comedy (something he didn't do in many of his later film roles where he was sadly typecast), and he steals every moment that he's on camera. It's great to see Tina Louise being funny and enjoying herself, and I found it ironic that she's working here with Pflug whom she replaced on the short lived syndicated soap opera "Rituals". She gets to play Chico Marx and later do a French accent, while the other three women disguise themselves as nuns. Gordon, best known for playing hot-tempered physicians on the soap operas "The Doctors" and "General Hospital", is a fun villain. Hagerty is a fragile victim here, rescued by these amazing women. Maybe not the most believable of situations, but it's a nice distracting 90 minutes with lots to laugh with.