Shelley Long is very appealing and cute in this harmless movie. Long plays Lucy Chadman, a young woman who chokes to death, then months later is brought back to life by her wacky sister Zelda (Judith Ivey). Chadman's life has changed radically since her death, and she spends her time falling in love all over again.The film has an uncomfortably goofy atmosphere, as if it's spoofing something that isn't really identified; these sequences are interspersed with very romantic scenes in which Chadman is again falling in love. It's definitely a mixed bag, but the ending--which appears to have been tacked on after the writers couldn't come up with a story resolution--is so awkward and unconvincing that it ruins the entire film. In all of my years, I don't think I've ever seen a film with such an unbelievably dumb story resolution. I really felt sorry for the cast when I saw the ending.Long is good and Sela Ward is beautiful, but the goofy feeling the movie conveys irritated me somewhat, and the ending just left me dumbfounded. Proceed if you like Shelley Long, I suppose.

Accident-prone Long Island housewife Shelley Long (as Lucy) chokes to death on a South Korean chicken-ball, then comes back to life after a spell cast by her kooky sister Judith Ivey (as Zelda). To avoid being sent back to her grave, Ms. Long must find true love with either her doctor Gabriel Byrne (as Kevin Scanlon) or widowed husband Corbin Bernsen (as Jason Chadman). "Hello Again" appears to be an update of "My Favorite Wife (1940) and "Move Over, Darling" (1963). For added fun, Long's "Lucy" is given some physical comedy which recalls the famous comedienne. Lucille Ball lost her dress in "Yours, Mine and Ours" (1968) and had several eating mishaps like those herein, but she wasn't clumsy. Long and director Frank Perry can't quite get the staging and situation to make for maximum laughter.**** Hello Again (11/6/87) Frank Perry ~ Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen

If you like Shelley Long and enjoy her great acting skills, you will enjoy the role she plays in this film. Shelly Long,(Lucy Chadman),"The Adventures of Ragtime",'98, is married to a doctor who performs plastic surgery and is very content with Lucy's slap stick ways of doing things. Lucy attends fancy parties with a bunch of stuffed shirts and manages to destroy her dress and the entire dinner party. There is a great deal of this comedy through out the entire picture. Judith Ivey,(Zelda),"What Alice Found",'03, plays Lucy's sister and owns a book store in Manhattan and at the same time deals with the Spiritual World and manages to perform an unusual act of Witch Craft! This is a very funny picture and if you like COMEDY, this is the film for YOU!

I'm surprised at the other summary of this movie. I, too, have seen it several times and have always found it fairly well acted and written and just a good bit of fun in general.Some of us LIKE movies with a happy ending! Kick back and enjoy this one.