Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Jon Amiel

Writers:

Mario Vargas Llosa (novel)
William Boyd (writer)

Release Date:

November 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama...

Plot Keywords:

Radio | Forbidden Love | Media | Sex | Aunt Nephew Relationship

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Barbara Hershey	...	Aunt Julia
Keanu Reeves	...	Martin Loader
Peter Falk	...	Pedro Carmichael
Bill McCutcheon	...	Puddler
Patricia Clarkson	...	Aunt Olga
Richard Portnow	...	Uncle Luke
Jerome Dempsey	...	Sam & Sid
Richard B. Shull	...	Leonard Pando
Paul Austin	...	Donald Loader
Joel Fabiani	...	Ted Orson
Crystal Field	...	Josephine Sanders
Jayne Haynes	...	Aunt Hortensia
Mary Joy	...	Frances Loader
Rob Kramer	...	Jamie
Anna Levine	...	Faith Hope (as Anna Levine Thomson)

Also Known As:

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M | Finland:S | Germany:12 (w) | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Odyssey

Quotes:

Pedro Carmichael: I feel reality impacting here!

Soundtrack:

New Orleans, My Home (Going Back To New Orleans)

A great performance from Peter Falk

Nothing is more exciting to Pedro Carmichael than "reality impacting." It happens when the radio serial he writes offends Albanians who picket the station and attack the diminutive scenarist in the street, and it happens when a young news writer falls in love with his sexy aunt, a situation bearing similarities to the latest storyline from Carmichael's prolific pen. Reality impacts a little too much for the couple, however, when their words and actions turn up on the radio exactly as they were played out in their lives.

The premise of "Tune in Tomorrow..." is one that could certainly be the springboard for some first-rate comedy and if it had been written by someone as imaginative as the writer portrayed in the film by Peter Falk, it might have been just that. Instead, the movie sputters along, never quite catching fire, except literally at the conclusion when those fed up Albanians bomb the station.

The cast is almost perfect. Almost, you say? Two words: Keanu Reeves. Affecting a less than convincing Southern accent, Reeves is as dull here as he's been in most of his films. Barbara Hershey is fine as his sexy aunt,

and in the strictly imaginary visual reenactments of the radio soap operas, John Larroquete, Buck Henry, Dan Hadeya, Henry Gibson, Peter Gallagher, and Elizabeth McGovern are terrific. The star of this show, however, is Peter Falk who saves "Tune in Tomorrow..." from being a total misfire with a wonderfully eccentric performance. As Carmichael, Falk dresses up as a maid, surgeon, rabbi, fireman, and cardinal, all in an effort to create new characters from a base of reality. Falk rates a solid four stars. The movie only rates two and a half.