Director Edward Zwick's "About Last Night" is a little bit more difficult to rate than your average movie. Despite for the most part, an annoying Jim Belushi character, the movie has quite a few good moments. The writing is good in spots as is the romance. There's a great scene at a diner "joint" that hits it right. Demi Moore and Rob Lowe indeed look fabulous physically - maybe the best I've ever seen each of them in any movie. One scene in particular of both of them standing on raised platform Chicago train station in snow and winter during the latter half of the movie is simply spectacular. However, they are little over-their- heads in the talent level needed to carry the movie. Both Lowe and Moore sometimes come off either not emotional enough or too emotional. They are decent actors, but not excellent. Elizabeth Perkins in for support may not look as beautiful as Moore, but she's clearly the better actress, and Belushi is again kind of annoying for the most part as the vulgar comic relief. The movie is certainly an 80s splash, with requisite MTV soundtracks and cussing - detractably so. But The drama is there and despite not hitting the stride, or sometimes mis-acted, it carries things. Mildly worth a watch; it's nice to catch a decent 80s drama that I haven't seen and like it overall. Recommended. 6.5/10
Review of About Last Night
