I saw this art-house gem last night for the first time and I really marveled at how much this film was like the art-house films made in the later 60's to mid-70's. It reminded me of the types of parties that the "cool" students parents used to have in that time period. You have to "listen" to this film for the language, rather that "watch" it for the action like a comic book movie or summer tentpole movie. It brought back memories of "Boys in the Band, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe", "A Delicate Balance", and "The Big Chill", all of which I saw during my college days at the Student Union. A film well done that was both happy and disturbing. That's how it should be.
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Blind Date
(1987)
Great Performance from many cast members
17 March 2008
I saw this film for the first time last night and I thought it was really funny and the performances were very good overall. (I missed it when it was released because it I was unemployed when it was released theatrically.) This film was panned by writers left and right and I'm really sorry that I took their word and didn't check it out for myself. Excellent comedic set-ups by director Edwards. It has terrific performances by Willis and Basinger. They have great on-screen chemistry and both handled the physicality of their roles in an outstanding manner. I hope that this movie gets rediscovered someday in the future. There appears that there was some heavy handed editing, because the cause and effect of the supporting characters behaviors isn't spelled out with some of the supporting cast.
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