Blind Date (1987)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writer:

Dale Launer (writer)

Release Date:

27 March 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

"Do you recognize me? I used to be a respectable citizen. I had a good job and a promising future. I made only one mistake - I went on a blind date. ...Anyone got $10,000 for bail?"

Plot:

Walter Davis is a workaholic. His attention is all to his work and very little to his personal life or appearance...

Plot Keywords:

Butler | Slapstick | Yuppie | Blind Date | Lawyer

Cast

Kim Basinger	...	Nadia Gates
Bruce Willis	...	Walter Davis
John Larroquette	...	David Bedford
William Daniels	...	Judge Harold Bedford
George Coe	...	Harry Gruen
Mark Blum	...	Denny Gordon
Phil Hartman	...	Ted Davis
Stephanie Faracy	...	Susie Davis
Alice Hirson	...	Muriel Bedford
Graham Stark	...	Jordan the Butler
Joyce Van Patten	...	Nadia's Mother
Jeannie Elias	...	Walter's Secretary
Herb Tanney	...	Minister (as Sacerdo Tanney)
Georgann Johnson	...	Mrs. Gruen
Sab Shimono	...	Mr. Yakamoto

Also Known As:

Blake Edwards' Blind Date (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:MG6 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 (w) | Iceland:L | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

This was Bruce Willis's first credited film.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the disco fight scene, the paint on David's face alternates between being spotty and smeared between shots.

Quotes:

Nadia Gates: I just have this chemical imbalance almost like an allergy to alcohol. It just makes me crazy!

Movie Connections:

Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)

Soundtrack:

Anybody Seen Her!

A few good laughs

I'd give this a six or seven. The first half of the movie is an absolute riot, with both Kim Basinger and Bruce Willis doing a great job with physical comedy. However, the second half drags despite a near film-stealing performance by William Daniels, as tart as ever. As mentioned in an earlier review, the continuity of the story stumbles in several places, most notably when the two main characters declare that they never want to see each other and, without benefit of any developing scenes, suddenly can't live without each other. Looks like part of the film got left on the cutting room floor. Unfortunately, this is a consistent aspect of Blake Edwards' films (see Skin Deep, which is almost unintelligible). This film is no exception.

Still, if it comes up on cable (pay channels only), you could do a lot worse than Blind Date.