Little City (1997)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Roberto Benabib

Writer (WGA):

Roberto Benabib (written by)

Release Date:

20 February 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Adam is a painter who works as cab driver and blames his difficulties with women on his former girlfriend Kate who left him for lesbian Anne...

Plot Keywords:

Cab Driver | Lesbian | Fur Coat | Lesbianism | San Francisco California

Cast

Jon Bon Jovi	...	Kevin
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Rebecca
Josh Charles	...	Adam
Annabella Sciorra	...	Nina
JoBeth Williams	...	Anne
Joanna Going	...	Kate
Joe Bellan	...	Landlord
Peter Gardiner	...	Priest
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Elross	...	Sam
Anna Getty	...	Maria
Christopher Greene	...	Bar Patron
Stacy Haiduk	...	Julia
Meeka	...	Late Night Girl
Timothy Roberts	...	Bar Patron

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and language.

Runtime:

Brazil:90 min | Argentina:93 min | USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:15 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | USA:R | Spain:13 | Argentina:13

Company:

Bandeira Entertainment

Trivia:

There is an actual restaurant in San Francisco's North Beach named "Little City" that is used as the exterior where Nina works, and the interior of Kate's blind date.

Quotes:

Rebecca: Well, at least I have potential. It's a wonderful thing, potential. Because as long as I don't do anything, I'll still have it.

nice surprise

It seems this movie gets watched either because of Jon Bon Jovi or in spite of him. I'm one of the latter - it was on TV right after my supper and i said ok, now i'll watch this movie even if JBJ is starring... i must say that my prejudice wasn't based on his acting, as i never watched him act - it's more that i find his music trash. But he turned out quite a ok actor. But even better was the movie overall - a smart relationships- and looking-for-love story with a nice plot revolving around 5-and-a-half characters and taking sharp turns every 10 minutes, with (almost) everything happening at wrong times. I did find the style of some of the main characters' various confessions slightly over-styled for the confidant at hand, but i did like the idea of every character having his own way of analysing him/herself aloud (confession booth, support-group, taxi-dispatcher, shrink, diary); but i also didn't mind the glitch in light of the rest of this witty, funny, honest, warm movie. I especially liked the acts of Josh Charles and Annabella Sciorra.