Blind Date

Blind Date (1987)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (23 reviews)

  • 44% of users liked it
    (17,799 ratings)

When speaking of Laurel and Hardy's first feature film Pardon Us, Stan Laurel described it as "a three-story building on a one-story base"-in other words, a 2-reeler stretched and bloated into 6 reels. Much the same could be said of Blake Edwards's Blind Date, though one wonders if Stan Laurel could… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By
Blake Edwards
Written By
Dale Launer
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 27, 1987 Wide
On DVD
Feb 5, 2002
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Comic possibilities are everywhere in Blind Date, and the tireless Mr. Edwards leaves none of them unexploited.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    This is the kind of movie that serves as a reminder that comedy is agonizingly difficult when it works, and even more trouble when it doesn't.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    What this movie needs is Cybill Shepherd playing hard to get. Or anybody playing hard to get.

  • Neil Cohen, Echo Magazine

    A guilty pleasure from Willis and Bassinger's glory days!

  • Pete Vonder Haar, Film Threat

    Underappreciated rom-com with Larroquette in top form

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jens S


    One of the funniest films of the 80s, this comedy about a blind date going awry enjoys embarrassing situations for its protagonist and piles one after the other until you can't take it anymore. Director Edwards already delivered a similar film with his classic "What's… More

  • ♥Robyn


    In Blind Date, Walter Davis(Bruce Willis) goes on an arranged night-out,with Nadia Gates,(Kim Basinger), that starts off well but turns very, very ugly when alcohol gets into the mix. Don't worry though... this is a romantic comedy so you should be able to turn off your brain and… More

  • AJ V


    This is a pretty wild comedy romance adventure, I really liked it Willis and Basinger can be really funny when they want to. This movie is highly entertaining and I really like it.

  • Pierluigi P


    A homage to the classic screwball comedies that lacks charm and needed to be shortened. some parts are hysterically funny though.

  • Red L


    Pretty dumb movie

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