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Career Opportunities

  • 19911991
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 23m
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Jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley in Career Opportunities (1991)
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Jim is the dorky son of a local cement contractor who lives at home and has no direction. Josie is the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy businessman who dreams of leaving town. They find they h... Read allJim is the dorky son of a local cement contractor who lives at home and has no direction. Josie is the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy businessman who dreams of leaving town. They find they have a lot in common.Jim is the dorky son of a local cement contractor who lives at home and has no direction. Josie is the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy businessman who dreams of leaving town. They find they have a lot in common.
IMDb RATING
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16K
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POPULARITY
2,095
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    • Bryan Gordon
    • John Hughes
  • Stars
    • Frank Whaley
    • Jennifer Connelly
    • Dermot Mulroney
    • Bryan Gordon
    • John Hughes
  • Stars
    • Frank Whaley
    • Jennifer Connelly
    • Dermot Mulroney
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    • 123User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
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    Jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley in Career Opportunities (1991)
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    Jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley in Career Opportunities (1991)
    Jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley in Career Opportunities (1991)
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    Jennifer Connelly, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Whaley, and Kieran Mulroney in Career Opportunities (1991)
    Jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley in Career Opportunities (1991)
    Jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley in Career Opportunities (1991)
    Jennifer Connelly in Career Opportunities (1991)

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    Frank Whaley
    Frank Whaley
    • Jim Dodge
    Jennifer Connelly
    Jennifer Connelly
    • Josie McClellan
    Dermot Mulroney
    Dermot Mulroney
    • Nestor Pyle
    Kieran Mulroney
    Kieran Mulroney
    • Gil Kinney
    John M. Jackson
    John M. Jackson
    • Bud Dodge
    Jenny O'Hara
    Jenny O'Hara
    • Dotty Dodge
    Noble Willingham
    Noble Willingham
    • Roger Roy McClellan
    Nada Despotovich
    • Penny Dodge
    Reid Binion
    • Cal Dodge
    Barry Corbin
    Barry Corbin
    • Officer Don
    Denise Galik
    Denise Galik
    • Lorraine
    Wilbur Fitzgerald
    Wilbur Fitzgerald
    • Bob Bosenbeck
    Dan Albright
    Dan Albright
    • Dave Hockner
    Marc Clement
    • Otis
    Andrew Winton
    • Boy #1
    Andy Greenway
    • Boy #2
    RonReaco Lee
    RonReaco Lee
    • Boy #3
    • (as RonReaco M. Lee)
    Danny Nelson
    • Gas Station Owner
      • Bryan Gordon
      • John Hughes
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    • Trivia
      According to Spy magazine, John Hughes was unhappy at how this film turned out, and asked Universal to remove his name from it. They refused.
    • Goofs
      While walking at gunpoint between the electronics department and the snack bar, Josie finds time to put on a bra.
    • Quotes

      Josie: Would you go with me somewhere?

      Jim Dodge: Where?

      Josie: Florida. Wyoming, Spain. It doesn't really matter, just away somewhere.

      Jim Dodge: I'd love to. I just can't afford to be... capricious and carefree like yourself. I... I... I got to set my sights on something and then really go for it.

      Josie: Like janitor?

      Jim Dodge: It's a beginning. I... I'm looking at...

      Josie: It's an end.

    • Connections
      Edited into A Flock of Seagulls: Space Age Love Song - Career Opportunities Version (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      I Wanna Stay Home
      Written by Andy Sturmer (as A. Sturmer)

      Performed by Jellyfish (as Jelly Fish)

      Courtesy of Charisma Records America, Inc.

    User reviews123

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    4/10
    A weak comedy only worth seeing for Jennifer Connelly.
    Frank Whaley plays Jim Dodge (Frank Whaley), a thoroughly annoying smart-mouthed wise-ass waste-of-space with a dead end job as a night janitor in a supermarket. Jennifer Connelly plays Josie McClellan (Jennifer Connelly), a poor little rich girl desperate to get away from her millionaire daddy (who beats her). When Josie chickens out of shoplifting at the last minute, she is locked in the shop for the night and meets Jim (as he roller-skates down an aisle in his boxers and a wedding veil!). Together they do a bit of collective soul-searching, swap sob stories and decide to run away together. However, their plans are interrupted somewhat when a couple of gun wielding thieves break into the store...

    Despite being written by top teen-movie maker John Hughes and featuring a pretty decent cast (John Candy has a cameo and the two leads are both capable actors), Career Opportunities (AKA One Wild Night), is a rather weak comedy with irritating characters and very few laughs.

    I, like most males who have reviewed this movie on IMDb, do agree, however, that it is worth viewing if you are a fan of Jennifer Connelly and her very impressive curves. The delectable JC looks stunning in a tight white vest and standout scenes include her rollerskating through the shop, and rocking slowly back and forth on a supermarket horse ride (a moment guaranteed to raise the blood pressure of all heterosexual men).

    But of course, Ms. Connelly looking damn fine doesn't make this a great piece of film-making (just great eye-candy), and ultimately this is a rather desperate 'comedy' that comes nowhere near to the matching the quality of Hughes' 80s output.
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    • Release date
      • March 29, 1991 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Target store #378, 4000 Covington Hwy., Decatur, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hughes Entertainment
      • Universal Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 23 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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