a riotous farce set in the world of glamorous daytime soap opera . this film be hilarious . admittedly and you have to have a taste for film with screaming and hysterical dialogue and over the top acting and and melodramatic plot twist . but if you do and youre in for one hell of a treat . sally field play celeste talbert and daytime tv queen of misery . celeste cushy life be throw into upheaval with the unexpected arrival of lori craven ( elisabeth shue ) and her long lost niece and and and simultaneously and jeffrey anderson ( kevin kline splendid a always ) and celeste long ago lover . but celeste have be hide a deep and dark secret and and the arrival of lori and jeffrey might just bring it to the surface . add in the diabolical montana moorehead ( a wonderful cathy moriarty and in full gorgeous woman with testosterone to spare mode ) and who be try mighty hard to destroy celeste career while david ( robert downey and jr. ) and the weenie boy producer of the soap who secretly plot with montana to ruin celeste while and and rise schwarz ( whoopi goldberg ) and scriptwriter and celeste one true confidant and and you be in for a heap help of subplots and general chaos . chaotic comedy like this be tricky to execute ( do anyone remember mixed nut . ) and but when do well and can be pretty damn funny . a major ingredient that be necessary to any good comedy be the casting of seasoned pro who know that lot of time the funny thing be not say but see in an expression or a look . field and kline and goldberg and and the rest all work together so well and be clearly have a great time that it be hard not to become drawn in by their energy and enthusiasm . shue be clearly the weak link here and but she only draw attention to herself because she be surround by field and kline and et al . moriarty be a stand out in the showy villainess role and make you think of the hot damn dominatrix you ever do see . there be also lot of familiar face that you will recognize in small ( but and nevertheless and all very funny ) role and include carrie fisher and garry marshall and kathy najimy and and teri hatcher . director michael hoffman keep the pace swift and the histrionic plot move toward the big finish . mention must also be make of robert harling screenplay and carefully construct to stage a soap opera within a soap opera . the dialogue be boil over with great line and deliver brilliantly by the actor ( i would be willing to bet that a lot of this stuff be improvise ) . look and if you want to see a bunch of pro do what they do best and have a great time do it and get your hand on this one . if not for anything else and it will put you in a good mood and make you laugh .