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 that every ache, pain and twinge he experiences is a sign of his own impending death. These unjustified fears lead him into ever more extensive hypochondria, which inevitably provide hilarious results in this comic farce.
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 that every ache, pain and twinge he experiences is a sign of his own impending death. These unjustified fears lead him into ever more extensive hypochondria, which inevitably provide hilarious results in this comic farce.