gung ho be a good idea and however it be to much to ask american viewer to understand the dynamic of american job and foreign competition . in this movie the main character hunt stevenson ( michael keaton ) go to japan and convince a japanese auto company to come to america and help his die pennslyvania town . two thing come at you . first why would a japanese company come to america to make car when they do so and and so well at that . secondly can anyone understand that american company of all type go to third world nation to have their product make to escape american labor cost . it make the film premise then that the number one maker of car in the world would go to one of it top competitor ( aside from germany ) and put a plant there a unrealistic . keaton be still in his comedy mode by this time . but he give a credible performance all the same a he could prove that he could go from comedy to drama in a matter of second and still not embarrass himself but director ron howard can not keep this from become a tv movie which it end up be anyway because they have to give the unlikely story a happy end the politics and problem of japanese and american relation not withstand . gung ho have a happy day and laverne and shirley feel to it a the producer of both tv show make the film and then make the tv version of this movie a well which give the film it lightweight feel . the japanese manager get to love his american worker and feel he and other japanese people can learnfrom american . his no . 2 man saito who supposedly doesn not like american all that much doesn not think so . i would have prefer all the japanese character be like saito than the soft goofball character they make the japanese out to be . it would have make the film more interesting .