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About Last Night

Original title: About Last Night...
  • 1986
  • R
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
18K
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Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Jim Belushi, and Elizabeth Perkins in About Last Night (1986)
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Chicago singles meet in a bar, live together and call it love. Based on David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago.Chicago singles meet in a bar, live together and call it love. Based on David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago.Chicago singles meet in a bar, live together and call it love. Based on David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago.

  • Director
    • Edward Zwick
  • Writers
    • David Mamet
    • Tim Kazurinsky
    • Denise DeClue
  • Stars
    • Rob Lowe
    • Demi Moore
    • Jim Belushi
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    18K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Edward Zwick
    • Writers
      • David Mamet
      • Tim Kazurinsky
      • Denise DeClue
    • Stars
      • Rob Lowe
      • Demi Moore
      • Jim Belushi
    • 101User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Rob Lowe
    Rob Lowe
    • Danny
    Demi Moore
    Demi Moore
    • Debbie
    Jim Belushi
    Jim Belushi
    • Bernie
    • (as James Belushi)
    Elizabeth Perkins
    Elizabeth Perkins
    • Joan
    George DiCenzo
    George DiCenzo
    • Mr. Favio
    Michael Alldredge
    Michael Alldredge
    • Mother Malone
    Robin Thomas
    Robin Thomas
    • Steve Carlson
    Donna Gibbons
    • Alex
    Megan Mullally
    Megan Mullally
    • Pat
    Patricia Duff
    Patricia Duff
    • Leslie
    Rosanna DeSoto
    Rosanna DeSoto
    • Mrs. Lyons
    • (as Rosana De Soto)
    Sachi Parker
    Sachi Parker
    • Carrie
    Robert Neches
    • Gary
    Joe Greco
    • Gus
    Ada Maris
    Ada Maris
    • Carmen
    Rebeca Arthur
    Rebeca Arthur
    • Crystal
    Tim Kazurinsky
    Tim Kazurinsky
    • Colin
    Kevin Bourland
    • Ira
    • Director
      • Edward Zwick
    • Writers
      • David Mamet
      • Tim Kazurinsky
      • Denise DeClue
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    7deickos

    It was fun

    This is a romance based on a David Mamet play but Mr. Kazurinski and his companion produced the adaptation that we see in the movie. Fortunately I'd say, for not so many people would like the bitterness of the original. Instead, we have much of the sarcasm but with a not so expected happy ending. Personally I find the story very simple, real and humane. It is from the simple things than we are able to look higher.
    pk-2

    Hits the right note.

    Judging by the ratings, i must be in the minority here. Myself, I liked this movie allot. Sorta brings back memories of my early 20's when i lived with a woman and trying to balance the party scene with the friends. Belushi's character is a riot. The scenes at the local watering spot brought back memories of my old hangouts. Also the fighting sequences seem to ring true with me. Who should clean the apartment, can each others friends deal with each other, still going out and having fun but being in a serious relationship. Its one of the 80's movies i still like to watch. Unlike others that i used to like back than like Sixteen candles or Pretty in Pink which i have scene lately and I'm like, this is garbage. I didn't have sandwich night, we had invite everyone over and party night.
    khouston86

    one of the best movies on being in love

    This movie is extremely entertaining and moving. Neither Demi Moore nor Rob Lowe has ever looked better (and you get to see plenty of them). The last scene never fails to get me, and the whole movie rings incredibly true on being in love. Hell, Demi Moore even looks and acts like a girlfriend I had when I was a little bit younger. This is a funny, smart movie that stays with you forever, and I will pay it the ultimate compliment: We are lucky it was made. Vastly underrated on this site, About Last Night is a ten.
    J-26

    Accurate Portrayal of a 1980s relationship - with interesting Best Friends!

    In 1980's Chicago two attractive young people develop a very 1980's relationship. After falling into bed together on their first meeting they progress through a tentative relationship to moving in together, moving out again, and then possibly to some sort of reconciliation.

    The film was made contemporaneously with the period it is set in and is one of those films that evoke their particular time with well-observed accuracy. Demi Moore and Rob Lowe deliver strong performances as the articulate, successful – and confused - central characters, with Moore in particular able to reflect on the developing crises with astute asides.

    The film possibly has two structural problems. First, it is too long. Boy endlessly prostrating himself in front of Girl he has sent packing gets tedious, and the tension regarding what may happen starts to dissipate.

    Secondly, the more-or-less mandatory Best Friend characters are almost too strong. Lowe's buddy James Belushi is a chauvinist slob, but also a bit of a charmer - and with some of the best lines. Moore's confidante Elizabeth Perkins may be something of a shrew, but a damned attractive one. These two take an intense dislike to each other from the start, and as the main romance stalls their relationship becomes by far the more interesting one with its vague possibility that such a sparky loathing just might lead to something more positive - if pretty combustible!
    9claudio_carvalho

    One of the Best Movies about Sex, Love and Immature Relationship

    In Chicago, the salesmen of restaurant supplies Danny Martin (Rob Lowe) and Bernie Litgo (James Belushi) are best friends and womanizers. One night, the handsome Danny meets Deborah 'Debbie' Sullivan (Demi Moore) in a bar and they have one night stand. Debbie works in an advertisement agency and lives with her roommate and best friend, the kindergarten teacher Joan Gunther (Elizabeth Perkins), and falls in love with Danny.

    The infatuated Debbie moves to Danny's apartment and they have great sex but very few conversation. Their closest friends Joan and Bernie frequently try to sabotage their relationship. Five months later, Danny breaks with her and the brokenhearted Debbie returns to Joan's apartment. Meanwhile Danny grows up and misses Debbie, but maybe it might be too late for reconciliation.

    "About Last Night…" is one of the best movies about love, sex and immature relationship from the 80's and one of my favorite films ever. The charming lead characters are wonderfully performed by Demi Moore and Rob Lowe that show a magnificent chemistry.

    The story is realistic and shows the difficulties of a young couple to live together, with four young central characters of twenty and something years old: Debbie is a young woman that has an affair with her boss and has a crush on Danny and wants a steady relationship. Danny is an insecure man frustrated with his work that does not want to have a commitment with Debbie. Bernie is chauvinist pig that sees women as sexual objects. And Joan is a frustrated woman that is constantly dumped by her boyfriends.

    "About Last Night…" is a cult for people from my generation that certainly will find identification with the lead characters and their relationships. Last but not the least, Demi Moore is delightful to be seen in the 80's ("No Small Affair"; "St. Elmo's Fire" and "About Last Night"). My vote is nine.

    Title (Brazil): "Sobre Ontem a Noite…" ("About Last Night...")

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Actor Rob Lowe recalled that when his agent sent him the script by messenger, "a strange thing happened. I started reading it in the bathtub. I was only going to skim the first few pages. But by page 73, the water was cold, and I was totally into the character. We hadn't even discussed whether I'd do the picture . . . but I knew that nothing could stop me".
    • Goofs
      The end of the movie apparently takes place when the softball team has a spring practice. However, we see that the leaves are changing.
    • Quotes

      Debbie: Bullshit. You don't know what love is. You've gotten everything you have always wanted and now you're feeling sorry for yourself because there's something you want and you can't have it. But you had it! I gave you love. But you asked me to leave and I left.

    • Alternate versions
      Despite the fact that India takes issues with sex, the film was never released in India during the '80s, but the film was given a 'U' (unrestricted) certificate for television showings only in the Chennai region in 2007. It is clearly unknown if it was cut or uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Karate Kid Part II/Running Scared/Legal Eagles/American Anthem (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      (She's the) Shape of Things to Come
      Written and Performed by John Oates

      Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.

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    • Release date
      • July 2, 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ¿Te acuerdas de anoche?
    • Filming locations
      • Kelly's Pub - 949 W. Webster Avenue, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • TriStar Pictures
      • Delphi V Productions
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    • Budget
      • $8,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $38,702,310
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,152,469
      • Jul 6, 1986
    • Gross worldwide
      • $38,702,310
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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