Waiting for the Light

Name: Waiting for the Light
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1990-11-02
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Teri Garr, Louis Guzzo

1990
PG
1h 34m

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6.0/10

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It is not about Aunt Z moving her niece and family....The niece, Garr, moves her family away from the city. The kids enjoy playing tricks, learned from Aunt Z (MacLaine). The kids get kicked... Read allIt is not about Aunt Z moving her niece and family....The niece, Garr, moves her family away from the city. The kids enjoy playing tricks, learned from Aunt Z (MacLaine). The kids get kicked out of school one too many times and after inheriting the diner, they move. Garr promises... Read allIt is not about Aunt Z moving her niece and family....The niece, Garr, moves her family away from the city. The kids enjoy playing tricks, learned from Aunt Z (MacLaine). The kids get kicked out of school one too many times and after inheriting the diner, they move. Garr promises them if they don't quit embarrassing her with their foolishness, she will put the kids in... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

586

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Jeff McCracken in Waiting for the Light (1990)

Shirley MacLaine and Ronny Lynch in Waiting for the Light (1990)

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Shirley MacLaine, Colin Baumgartner, and Hillary Wolf in Waiting for the Light (1990)

Teri Garr, Shirley MacLaine, Colin Baumgartner, and Hillary Wolf in Waiting for the Light (1990)

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Trivia
Angela DiMarco's debut.

Goofs
In a scene set in 1962, characters tell the box-office clerk at a movie theater they want two tickets to The Miracle Worker. Prior to the introduction of multiplex cinemas years later, it was unnecessary to specify which movie you wanted to see because the theater was only showing one picture.

Crazy credits
After the closing credits, Kay (Teri Garr's character) changes the "open" sign on the diner door to "closed"

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Jacob's Ladder/Waiting for the Light/Tune in Tomorrow.../Vincent & Theo (1990)

Soundtracks
Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb
Written by Lee V. McCullum
Performed by The Blue Jay Singers
Courtesy of MCA Records
Published by Edwin Morris & Co., a division of MPL Communications, Inc.

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Featured review

6/10

Sloppy but fun

Shirley MacLaine is a hoot playing dippy aunt to her young niece and nephew, all of whom delight in playing tricks on people...but with the country on edge in the early 1960s, one of their pranks on a nasty neighbor is misconstrued as a sign from Heaven! Minor but pleasant confection, the kind of piffle that defies criticism (it's like a happy house of cards--one little knock and it collapses). Teri Garr (always nice to have around) isn't given much to do, but MacLaine seems to be having a high time. The final moments are frenetic and should've been smoother, but on the whole the picture is quite colorful and enjoyable. **1/2 from ****

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