Blind Date

"A date with her is every man's dream come true. And with dreams like her - who needs nightmares?"

1987 1h 35m EN

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6.0

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27%

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METACRITIC

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IMDB

★6.0TMDB · 561🥫27%Rotten Tomatoes●49Metacritic★6IMDB · 25,220

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.

“A date with her is every man's dream come true. And with dreams like her - who needs nightmares?”

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Cast

Kim Basinger
Nadia Gates
Bruce Willis
Walter Davis
John Larroquette
David Bedford
William Daniels
Harold Bedford
George Coe
Harry Gruen
Mark Blum
Denny Gordon
Phil Hartman
Ted Davis
Stephanie Faracy
Susie Davis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Blake Edwards
Writers: Dale Launer
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 7

ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Blake Edwards, shot by Harry Stradling Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Henry Mancini. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert Pergament shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Kim Basinger and Bruce Willis and John Larroquette carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A date with her is every man's dream come true. And with dreams like her - who needs nightmares?".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0092666 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Blake Edwards directs. Harry Stradling Jr. behind the camera. Henry Mancini scores. Robert Pergament cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Blake Edwards, shot by Harry Stradling Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Henry Mancini. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Robert Pergament shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kim Basinger and Bruce Willis and John Larroquette carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A date with her is every man's dream come true. And with dreams like her - who needs nightmares?".
7IMDB entry: tt0092666 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 13 themes, including "new love", "california", "sibling relationship", "judge".

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Stradling Jr.
Original score: Henry Mancini
Editing: Robert Pergament
Production design: Rodger Maus
Costume design: Tracy Tynan
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.78:1 (16:9)
Status: Released
Budget: $18,000,000
Box office: $39,321,715
Return: 218% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Blind Date (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes: 27% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 49/100
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 25,220 votes
MPAA: PG-13

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John Chard2019-06-19
★ 5/10
Split right down the middle when allowing for nostalgia factor. Bruce Willis made this film in the middle of his stint in the hugely popular TV Show, Moonlighting, and it's very much in keeping with the fun side of that particular show. I remember watching this at the cinema many years ago with my then new girlfriend, and I remember laughing heartily as Bruce prats about falling over things and being thrust into ridiculous situations caused by the (then) luscious Kim Basinger. Viewing it now 20 years later I still have a soft spot for it, but it plays out more as a time capsule oddity in view of Willis's subsequent career. He was not very far away from making action genre template Die Hard, and that is the context in which to view this early comedic effort. The plot revolves around Walter Davis (Willis), who needs a date for a very important business dinner, his brother sets him up on a blind date with his wife's cousin Nadia (Basinger) with the express warning of not getting her drunk as she goes wild when taking in too much booze. Naturally things go from chaos to bigger chaos as Nadia promptly gets drunk and tears Walter's world to shreds. Some fun set pieces and tidy humour dialogue keep the proceedings jovial enough, but a running gag with one of Nadia's ex boyfriends turning up quickly becomes annoying, while the standard plot gag of Nadia ruining everything also becomes very tiresome. It's has its moments but just not enough to lift the film above average, the two leads do well enough to keep the mood going, but ultimately the film for me is straight down the middle with a rating of 5/10.
Rob2023-05-06
★ 7/10
It might be dated now but it's still a great little movie. Back before Bruce Willis was BRUCE WILLIS!