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Career Opportunities (1991) -- Josie's father introduces her to a couple of businessmen.
Career Opportunities (1991) -- Jim surprises two burglars when he pops up from under a counter holding a shotgun.

Overview

User Rating:
5.4/10   3,371 votes
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John Hughes (written by)
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Release Date:
29 March 1991 (USA) more
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He took the job that no one wanted...and got the girl that everyone did. more
Plot:
Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave home... more | add synopsis
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John Hughes: 'Career Opportunities'... The Best Movie Ever
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Frank Whaley ... Jim Dodge

Jennifer Connelly ... Josie McClellan

Dermot Mulroney ... Nestor Pyle
Kieran Mulroney ... Gil Kinney

John M. Jackson ... Bud Dodge

Jenny O'Hara ... Dotty Dodge
Noble Willingham ... Roger Roy McClellan
Nada Despotovich ... Penny Dodge
Reid Binion ... Cal Dodge

Barry Corbin ... Officer Don
Denise Galik ... Lorraine (as Denise Galik-Furey)

Wilbur Fitzgerald ... Bob Bosenbeck
Dan Albright ... Dave Hockner
Marc Clement ... Otis
Andrew Winton ... Boy #1
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
One Wild Night
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Runtime:
83 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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The German title "Kevins Cousin allein im Supermarkt" references to "Home Alone" (1990) and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992). more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Jim grinds the pepper onto the chicken dish that he microwaves at Target, he puts the pepper mill back on the table, but the sound of the mill being replaced is heard before it actually touches the table surface. more
Quotes:
[On his first day as Target janitor (night cleanup boy) Jim Dodge meets the Custodian, who points a rifle at him]
Custodian: Are you a slacker?
Jim Dodge: No... Presbyterian actually.
Custodian: What did you say? What did you say? Now I'm asking you a simple question: Are you lazy?
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References Modern Times (1936) more
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I Wanna Stay Home more

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quite opportune, 20 July 2006
7/10
Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

We've all had problems with our jobs, but how a job can relate to relationship problems is something else. In "Career Opportunities", they develop that to an interesting degree. In this case, janitor Frank Whaley and popular girl Jennifer Connelly accidentally get locked in a department store overnight, and thus have to reassess their lives (especially when some thugs break in).

Knowing that John Hughes was involved in this movie, we may expect it to be another "Breakfast Club" or "Home Alone". "Career Opportunities" is far superior to either of those. More than an excuse to look cool or cute, this movie dissects the characters' lives: he's the guy who no one ever thought could make something of himself, she's the pampered teenager primed for a world of excesses. And it's up to them how they deal with this sticky situation.

Anyway, this isn't a masterpiece, but I still recommend it. Also starring Dermor Mulroney, and John Candy in a bit part.

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Why does TARGET not carry this DVD? mikebchipper
i watch it only for the beuatiful jennifer connolly...vote here.. movielover_no1
An unwieldy mess (spoilers). Takapa
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