Her Alibi (1989)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Writer (WGA):

Charlie Peters (written by)

Release Date:

3 February 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

Falling for a beautiful woman can be murder!

Plot:

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Writer's Block | Parking Lot | Voice Over | Vomit Scene

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tom Selleck	...	Phil Blackwood
Paulina Porizkova	...	Nina
William Daniels	...	Sam
James Farentino	...	Frank Polito
Hurd Hatfield	...	Troppa
Ronald Guttman	...	'Lucy' Comanescu
Victor Argo	...	Avram
Patrick Wayne	...	Gary Blackwood
Tess Harper	...	Sally Blackwood
Bill Smitrovich	...	Farrell
Bobo Lewis	...	Rose
Jane Welch	...	Millie
Austin Hay	...	Oliver
W. Benson Terry	...	FX
Joan Copeland	...	Audrey

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Romanian | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-8 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Several scenes in this movie take place at an event known as "The Funeral of Grimaldi". This is a reference to Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), who is the most celebrated English clown in history, and just like in the movie, there really is a "Funeral of Grimaldi" held every year on the first Sunday in February, at the All Saints' Church in London.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Phil is at telephone with the police officer and Nina is shooting with the arc, Phil is hit by an arrow through the window. But the window is closed. The glass is missing!

Quotes:

Phil Blackwood: As he lifted the 400-pound weights above his head, he was in agony... but he bore it in silence.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Starz Inside: Fashion in Film (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

FALLING IN LOVE

Under-appreciated suspense comedy

Always likable Tom Selleck is well cast as a mediocre mystery writer (VERY mediocre, based on the samples of his writing we get in the voice-over narrations, which are one of the funniest parts of the movie). He's looking for a plot for his next book and finding it in the person of a beautiful Romanian college student (Paulina Porizkova) who seems to be hiding some big secret. The movie plays like the plot of a bad detective book, with perceptions of the female character shifting from dangerous to trustworthy to suspicious and back. The chemistry between the characters works very well romantically as both characters begin to fall in love despite being wary and suspicious of the various goings-on, and the Romanian KGB agents on Paulina's trail make for useful comic villains.