''But I said, 'Don't do a rehab movie that makes you cry. You have to do a rehab movie that makes you laugh your butt off.' I thought [doing it like] 'M*A*S*H' was the way to go.'' Another important consideration: finding the ''right'' movie star to send to rehab. ''It needed to [star] a woman who was accessible to the public,'' says Thomas, ''and Sandy was.''
Despite the elements of comedy, O'Malley (''The Mike O'Malley Show'') says the ensemble cast took the subject matter to heart during filming: ''I didn't drink pretty much the entire time I was down there.'' Now, however, ''I'm boozing my days away.'' BUZZ FACTOR: 6
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