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WeakGoodWatch scoreSummary
In this romantic comedy, a lonely man meets a lonely woman after they each post ads in the lonely-hearts section of the classified ads. Unfortunately, neither one is totally honest about themselves and merry mix-ups ensue until a romance finally blossoms.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 49GoodWatch 44
IMDb4.9
Running time
1 h 32 min
A typical length for comedies, −8 min on the typical 100
typical 10092Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 25 more
Released
1988
May 1, 1988
38 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG-13 in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
and 5 more25 people
- Marc McClureTim Wainwright
- Jennifer EdwardsNancy Bryant
- DSDiane StilwellVicki
- Rob PaulsenJohn Wainwright
- Karen LorreTammy (as Karen Witter)
- Jean ByronMom (as Jeane Byron)
- Edward MehlerWilhauser
- Kerry ShermanJeannine (as Kerry Sherman English)
- KKKelly KennemerWaiter
- GAG. Austin Cooper7-11 Clerk
- RRRobbi RochesterMan in 7-11
- DPDan PattarsonHurried Video Customer
- CBCarin BadgerTeenage Employee
- CMCliff MedaughDirty Old Man
- CJChris JohnstonBasketball Kid
- CBCharlotte BakerReceptionist
- NJNeal JanoMr. Carlson
- WWWayne WoodsonTim's Boss
- RERichard E. Young'Death Movie' Customer
- ASAnne St. ClaireHealth Food Waitress
- MJMichael J. ElwellLift Operator #1
- RGRay GlennLift Operator #2
- JRJames RichardsSki Rental Clerk
- SUSteve UzzellDisc Jockey
Directing · 1
- Mark Deimel Director, Screenplay, Producer
Writing · 2
- David A. Burr Screenplay, Story, Co-Producer
- Nick Duretta Screenplay
Production · 5
- Robert W. Sloat Executive Producer
- George Vaughan Executive Producer
- Robert Torrance Producer, Cinematography
- Daniel Carlson Associate Producer
- Martin Lopez Associate Producer
Editing · 1
- Craig A. Colton Editor
Sound · 1
- Tim Torrance Music
Art · 1
- Maxine Shepard Production Design
Other crew · 1
- Christine Anne Baur Stunts
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