Joe (Tom Hanks) is down and miserable. He is in a rut job, he has no relationships, ha has a boss from hell and he is hypochondriac. All his money goes to paying doctor bills. Finally the doctor tells him he has six months to live due to brain fog.
This sets him free. He quits his job, and asks his coworker, DeDe (Meg Ryan) on a date. They have a good time, but when he mentions he has terminal illness the date ends. She can't go with him as she needs her job.
Then he meets Graynamore (Lloyd Bridges) who offers him a job to jump into a volcano. For this his last six months will be great and no lack of money. He accepts.
He meets Angelica (Meg Ryan) who is Graynamore's daughter. She is nice. She gets him from the plane to the boat that will take him to the island. On the boat he meets another daughter, Patricia (Meg Ryan). The are off on a sail boat to the island with the volcano. He has four larghe trunks. The sail into a typhoon, and the ship is lost. However Joe saves Patricia, and his luggage. They float on top of the luggage. They finally spark a romance and kiss. Joe tells Patricia what he is doing, going to jump into a volcano. They are finally rescued by the island natives. Joe is still determined to jump into the volcano. However they confess their love and the island ruler marries them. Patricia decides to jump in with him, and the volcano spits them out. Somehow the luggage is also spit out and they have a make shift boat in which to sail into the sunset. They also discover the doctor that told hm of his dying was actually Graynamore's doctor and that Joe was being played.
This is a movie with a ridiculous plot that somehow works. Meg Ryan playing three roles also seems to work.
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