Overnight (I) (2012)

After breaking up with her boyfriend on Valentine's Day, Jenny shares a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York with a love-damaged group of passengers - a pilot with anger management ... See full summary »

Director:

Valerie Breiman

Writer:

Valerie Breiman

Stars:

Rachel Blanchard, James D'Arcy, Gbenga Akinnagbe

Cast

Credited cast:
Rachel Blanchard	...	Jenny
James D'Arcy	...	Tom
Gbenga Akinnagbe	...	TMJ
Anthony LaPaglia	...	Tully
Maz Jobrani	...	Amir
Mousa Kraish	...	Mohammed
Josh Braaten	...	Derek
Christina Chang	...	Lisa
Claudia Christian	...	Sandy
Tom Hodges	...	Eric
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sufe Bradshaw	...	Shawna
Christopher Carrington	...	Bodyguard
Jennifer Chu	...	Airport Passenger
Kyle Davis	...	Bully On Airplane
Judd Fish	...	Josh

Storyline

After breaking up with her boyfriend on Valentine's Day, Jenny shares a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York with a love-damaged group of passengers - a pilot with anger management issues, some oversexed flight attendants, a hip-hop superstar trying to keep it real in coach and a handsome young professor who's been unlucky in romance. Along with a tiny dog named Kaz, these strangers buckle up for love's bumpy ride.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Szálljon el a bánat!

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,850,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Red Eye Productions, Fusion Film Group, Phoenix Books

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"You're the One"
Written and Produced by Peter Rafelson
Performed by Sam Lombardi
Courtesy of FourScreen Entertainment
Published by Rafelson Music (ASCAP)

User Reviews

A typical romantic comedy trajectory providing a few laughs and satisfying characters

"Overnight" starts as a typical romantic comedy but then ventures into a comedic romance, where comedy comes first. The romantic elements all seem to be part of the joke. Jenny (Rachel Blanchard) and Tom (James D'Arcy) meet in LAX fresh from disastrous break-ups (although it was over a year ago for Tom) and are both way too flighty and maladjusted to know how to seek self-comfort.

Then we meet a handful of mostly equally maladjusted passengers all on the red eye from Los Angeles to New York. These supporting characters are played by a range of hard-working talented actors to hard-working established, well-respected actors, to struggling up-and-comers. Two overly-bitter flight attendants were supposed to provide the comedy at the beginning, but it wasn't clear why we needed to endure such despicable people and worse writing.

Shortly thereafter, we were introduced to simple, but effective, "random" airport screening selections, and a famous rapper trying to figure out how normal people fly. This unconventional trio surprisingly added the best moments of comedy and the best characterizations.

Our lead couple of two attractive thirty-somethings go from strangers to puppy love surrenderers to an argumentative married couple to hurtful divorcees all in the length of the plane ride. While it was vaguely amusing, there are 30-second commercials which do it better.

Last but not least the pilot and co-pilot get into philosophical discussions on marriage, sex and God versus atheism. Don't sell it short since the pilot is played by Anthony LaPaglia after all. 2012 has also seen an odd trend where the male protagonist in romantic indies has a need, desire and ability to explain love and the universe in physics terms. Here, Tom was a physics teacher and it wasn't nearly as bad as previous films but not the best either (see The Diary of Preston Plummer for that).

"Overnight" is light, sweet and funny enough to work as a romantic comedy. And if you want it to work on another level, it even takes the characters on a surprising and fairly satisfactory journey of self-discovery. (You'll just need to turn it off three minutes early if you want their trajectory to be physically sound).