Checking Out

Jeff Daniels stars in this comedy from screenwriter Joe Eszterhas ("Basic Instinct") as Ray Macklin, a middle-aged man who becomes a sudden, full-blown hypochondriac after his best friend unexpectedly drops dead right in front of him. Melanie Mayron, Michael Tucker, Kathleen York and Allan Havey costar in this farce that mines mirth from mid-life meltdowns.