When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law’s pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter’s brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia’s numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.
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Film Cast:
- Nadia Gates: Kim Basinger
- Walter Davis: Bruce Willis
- David Bedford: John Larroquette
- Judge Harold Bedford: William Daniels
- Harry Gruen: George Coe
- Denny Gordon: Mark Blum
- Ted Davis: Phil Hartman
- Susie Davis: Stephanie Faracy
- Muriel Bedford: Alice Hirson
- Jordan the Butler: Graham Stark
- Nadia’s Mother: Joyce Van Patten
- Walter’s Secretary: Jeannie Elias
- Minister: Herb Tanney
- Mrs. Gruen: Georgann Johnson
- Mr. Yakamoto: Sab Shimono
- Mrs. Yakamoto: Momo Yashima
- French Waiter: Armin Shimerman
- Maitre d’: Brian George
- Japanese Gardner: Ernest Harada
- Muggette #1: Emma Walton Hamilton
- Muggette #2: Elaine Wilkes
- Muggette #3: Susan Lentini
- Gas Station Attendant: Barry Sobel
- Court Stenographer: Arlene Lorre
- Grant: Timothy Stack
- Artist: Jack Gwillim
- Maid: Diana Bellamy
- Bar Tender (uncredited): Oliver Theess
Film Crew:
- Producer: Tony Adams
- Original Music Composer: Henry Mancini
- Production Design: Rodger Maus
- Set Decoration: Carl Biddiscombe
- Director: Blake Edwards
- Producer: Trish Caroselli
- Executive Producer: Jonathan D. Krane
- Executive Producer: Gary Hendler
- Costume Design: Tracy Tynan
- Art Direction: Peter Landsdown Smith
- Director of Photography: Harry Stradling Jr.
- Editor: Robert Pergament
- Screenplay: Dale Launer
- Casting: Nancy Klopper
- Special Effects: Roy L. Downey
- Co-Executive Producer: David Permut
- Stunts: Gene LeBell
- Stunts: Conrad E. Palmisano
Movie Reviews:
- John Chard: Split right down the middle when allowing for nostalgia factor.
- Bruce Willis made this film in the middle of his stint in the hugely popular TV Show, Moonlighting, and it’s very much in keeping with the fun side of that particular show. I remember watching this at the cinema many years ago with my then new girlfriend, and I remember laughing heartily as Bruce prats about falling over things and being thrust into ridiculous situations caused by the (then) luscious Kim Basinger. Viewing it now 20 years later I still have a soft spot for it, but it plays out more as a time capsule oddity in view of Willis’s subsequent career. He was not very far away from making action genre template Die Hard, and that is the context in which to view this early comedic effort.
- The plot revolves around Walter Davis (Willis), who needs a date for a very important business dinner, his brother sets him up on a blind date with his wife’s cousin Nadia (Basinger) with the express warning of not getting her drunk as she goes wild when taking in too much booze. Naturally things go from chaos to bigger chaos as Nadia promptly gets drunk and tears Walter’s world to shreds. Some fun set pieces and tidy humour dialogue keep the proceedings jovial enough, but a running gag with one of Nadia’s ex boyfriends turning up quickly becomes annoying, while the standard plot gag of Nadia ruining everything also becomes very tiresome.
- It’s has its moments but just not enough to lift the film above average, the two leads do well enough to keep the mood going, but ultimately the film for me is straight down the middle with a rating of 5/10.
- Rob: It might be dated now but it’s still a great little movie. Back before Bruce Willis was BRUCE WILLIS!