Blind Date (1987)
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22% of critics liked it
(23 reviews) -
44% of users liked it
(18,127 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… More 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 have even gotten two reels out of its wafer-thin premise. At the outset, yuppie Bruce Willis is warned not to let his blind date, southern belle Kim Basinger, drink anything stronger than lemonade. So what does Willis do the first chance he gets? That's right, kids; he plies poor Basinger with champagne. And then he wonders why his life rapidly goes to hell in a handbasket. In his first starring movie role, Bruce Willis manages to find all sorts of nuances in his one-note role, while Kim Basinger is very funny when she's blotto-at least, for the first five minutes or so. John Laroquette costars as a character straight out of a 1920s bedroom farce; he's also pretty good, even though his dialogue is numbingly unamusing. Blake Edwards is famous for his ability to make a lot out of a little...but there has to be a limit somewhere. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Blake Edwards
- Written By
- Dale Launer
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Mar 27, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
Comic possibilities are everywhere in Blind Date, and the tireless Mr. Edwards leaves none of them unexploited.
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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.
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Rita Kempley, Washington Post
What this movie needs is Cybill Shepherd playing hard to get. Or anybody playing hard to get.
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Neil Cohen, Echo Magazine
A guilty pleasure from Willis and Bassinger's glory days!
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Pete Vonder Haar, Film Threat
Underappreciated rom-com with Larroquette in top form
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Cast
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Kim Basinger
as Nadia Gates
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Bruce Willis
as Walter Davis
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John Larroquette
as David Bedford
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William Daniels
as Judge Harold Bedford
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George Coe
as Harry Gruen
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Phil Hartman
as Ted Davis
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Mark Blum
as Denny Gordon
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Stephanie Faracy
as Susie Davis
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Alice Hirson
as Muriel Bedford
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Diana Bellamy
as Maid
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P. Randall Bowers
as Jail Officer
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Paul Carafotes
as Disco Dancer
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Dick Durock
as Bouncer
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Jeannie Elias
as Walter's Secretary
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Brian George
as Maitre d'
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Ernest Harada
as Japanese Gardener
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Seth Isler
as Delivery Driver
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Georgann Johnson
as Mrs. Gruen
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Susan Lentini
as Mugger
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Bill Marcus
as Street Cop
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Lonny Price
as [Billy Vera And The Beaters]
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Armin Shimerman
as French Waiter
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Sab Shimono
as Mr. Yakamoto
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Barry Sobel
as Gas Station Attendant
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Don Sparks
as Street Cop
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Tim Stack
as Grant
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Graham Stark
as Jordan the Bedford Butler
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Sacerdo Tanney
as Minister
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Joyce Van Patten
as Nadia's Mother
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Emma Walton
as Mugger
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Elaine Wilkes
as Mugger
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Stanley Jordan
as Himself
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Billy Vera
as Himself
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Bob Ari
as Bailiff
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John Demy
as Jail Officer
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Noele De Saint Gall
as Guest At Wedding
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Julia Jennings
as Big Blonde
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Arlene Lorre
as Court Stenographer
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Jon Smet
as Car Lot Customer
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Momo Yashima
as Mrs. Yakamoto
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Mike Genovese
as Jail Officer
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Jack Gwyllim
as Artist
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Mike Murphy
as [Billy Vera And The Beaters]
