Overnight Delivery (1998)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Jason Bloom

Writers (WGA):

Marc Sedaka (written by) and
Steve Bloom (written by)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy

Tagline:

They've got 24 hours to stop a package, prevent a disaster, and fall in love.

Plot:

A man suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful. So he sends her a letter, but than finds out that he was wrong...

Plot Keywords:

Girlfriend | Letter | Love | Picture | College

Cast

Paul Rudd	...	Wyatt Trips
Christine Taylor	...	Kimberly Jasney
Reese Witherspoon	...	Ivy Miller
Sarah Silverman	...	Turran
Buffy Sedlachek	...	Teacher
Richard Cody	...	Raditch
Gary Wolf	...	Snake
Carl Anthony Payne II	...	Wheels
Tim McNiff	...	TV Anchor
Gale Plewacki	...	Roving Reporter
Tamara Mello	...	Marita
John Sylvain	...	Deejay
William Byrd Wilkins	...	Bouncer
John Beasley	...	Baker
Larry Drake	...	Hal Ipswich

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some crude sexual material.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Ayd Mill Road, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)

Trivia:

The dorm in Tennessee is actually an Embassy Suites in St. Paul Minnesota.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Trips doesn't tell Ivy that he and Kimberly are celibate until they're halfway to Des Moines, yet she seems to know this when she's helping him compose his Dear Jane letter.

Quotes:

Wyatt: [Global Express truck pull up] How about that?
Ivy: Its no Jesus walking on water, I give it a six.
Wyatt: That's a nine!
Ivy: [their delivery man gets out] Okay, 8.5

Movie Connections:

References "Silver Spoons" (1982)

Soundtrack:

We Wish You A Lovely Day

Well worth seeing

This is a warm, fun little movie that deserves a lot more exposure than it has received. If you don't mind a little spicy dialogue (and what thinking person does?) it's a great film for movie night with your teens.

What I especially enjoyed about "Overnight Delivery" was the superb casting of three terrific stars (Reese Witherspoon from "Cruel Intentions", Paul Rudd, whom I really enjoyed in "Clueless" and Christine Taylor, whom most people will remember as Marcia in "The Brady Bunch Movie.") Also memorable are the ongoing appearances of a bumbling but hilariously lovable delivery man.

Not a flick to be missed.