Summary
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+16)
Critics 86Audiences 70GoodWatch 68
Tomatometer95%
Metascore76
Audience score73%
IMDb6.7
Box office
2.4×its budget
- Budget
- $835 K
- Worldwide
- $2 M
Worldwide it earned $1 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 46 min
A typical length for romances
typical 107106Half of all romances run 97–122 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1984
August 29, 1984
42 years ago
Genres
RomanceComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 more26 people
- Geneviève BujoldNancy
- Keith CarradineMickey
- Lesley Ann WarrenEve
- Patrick BauchauZack Antoine
- Rae Dawn ChongPearl Antoine
- John LarroquetteBilly Ace
- Edward RuschaRalph Chomsky
- Gailard SartainMueller
Robert GouldLou
John ConsidineDr. Ernest Greene- JBJodi BussBabs
- SWSandra WillIda
- MKMike KaplanHarve
- RPRussell ParrBradshaw
- TVTeresa VelardeStudio Secretary
Henry G. SandersHospital Administrator- MBMargery BondCousin
- DDDebra DusayNurse La Mer
- MSMinnie Summers LindseyWoman on Bus
- RMRichard MarionGida
- ASAlbert StanislausMax
- KIKaryn IsaacsFarrah
- ELElizabeth Lloyd ShawMiss Muffin
- ECEdward C. LawsonChrome
Directing · 3
- Alan Rudolph Director, Writer
- Bruce Chevillat First Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager
- Hope R. Goodwin Second Assistant Director
Production · 5
- Chris Blackwell Executive Producer
- Shep Gordon Executive Producer
- David Blocker Producer
- Carolyn Pfeiffer Producer
- Karyn Isaacs Additional Casting
Camera · 1
- Jan Kiesser Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Mia Goldman Editor
Sound · 3
- Dody Dorn Sound Editor
- Robert Grieve Sound Editor
- Victoria Martin Foley Editor
Art · 1
- Steven Legler Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 7
- Tracy Tynan Costume Design
- Lizbeth Williamson Makeup & Hair
- Edward Ternes Makeup Artist
- April Alexandre Hairstylist
- Aaron St. John Assistant Makeup Artist
- Brian Berner Hairstylist
Other crew · 1
- Greg Walker Stunts
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