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Love Potion No. 9

  • 19921992
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
14K
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POPULARITY
11,030
111
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
Home Video Trailer from 20th Century Fox
Play trailer1:57
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41 Photos
ComedyFantasyRomance
Two scientists who are hopeless with the opposite sex experiment with a substance that makes them irresistible to anyone who hears them speak.Two scientists who are hopeless with the opposite sex experiment with a substance that makes them irresistible to anyone who hears them speak.Two scientists who are hopeless with the opposite sex experiment with a substance that makes them irresistible to anyone who hears them speak.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
14K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
11,030
111
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Dale Launer
    • Writer
      • Dale Launer
    • Stars
      • Tate Donovan
      • Sandra Bullock
      • Mary Mara
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Dale Launer
    • Writer
      • Dale Launer
    • Stars
      • Tate Donovan
      • Sandra Bullock
      • Mary Mara
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 48User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore

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    Love Potion No. Nine
    Trailer 1:57
    Love Potion No. Nine

    Photos41

    Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan in Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan in Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan in Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan in Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan in Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan in Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
    Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan in Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

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    Tate Donovan
    Tate Donovan
    • Paul
    Sandra Bullock
    Sandra Bullock
    • Diane
    Mary Mara
    Mary Mara
    • Marisa
    Dale Midkiff
    Dale Midkiff
    • Gary
    Hillary B. Smith
    Hillary B. Smith
    • Sally
    Anne Bancroft
    Anne Bancroft
    • Madame Ruth
    Dylan Baker
    Dylan Baker
    • Prince Geoffrey
    Blake Clark
    Blake Clark
    • Motorcycle Cop
    Bruce McCarty
    • Jeff
    Rebecca Staab
    Rebecca Staab
    • Cheryl
    Adrian Paul
    Adrian Paul
    • Enrico Pazzoli
    Ric Reitz
    Ric Reitz
    • Dave
    Steven Burnette
    • Ron
    • (as Steven Burnett)
    Jordan Baker
    Jordan Baker
    • Joanne
    Ken Strong
    • Dick Webster
    Gary Watkins
    Gary Watkins
    • Secret Service Agent
    Scott Brian Higgs
    • Male Secretary
    • (as Scott Higgs)
    James Sbardellati
    • Dino
    • Director
      • Dale Launer
    • Writer
      • Dale Launer
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film grossed $754,935 at the box office.
    • Goofs
      Paul is handcuffed to a wooden chair in the police station. After the mob chasing Marisa goes through the police station leaving Paul alone, he goes out to the street where he breaks apart the chair leaving the handcuffs still visible on his wrist. He takes an abandoned car to return to Diane's wedding where he gets out of the car and the handcuffs are gone.
    • Quotes

      Diane Farrow: There was this experiment where an electrode was planted in the pleasure center of a monkey's brain. When the monkey hit a button, it sent a signal to the electrode, in effect, exciting the monkey sexually.

      Woman at luncheon: You're kidding.

      Diane Farrow: No. Can you guess what happened?

      Woman at luncheon: Was it a male monkey?

      Diane Farrow: Yes.

      Woman at luncheon: He slammed the button till he died.

      Diane Farrow: Oh, so you know this experiment?

      Woman at luncheon: I know men, honey.

    • Crazy credits
      The names of the more than 300 extra's who chased Marisa through the city are mentioned in one large block of fine print.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Malcolm X/Bram Stoker's Dracula/Traces of Red/Love Potion #9 (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Love Potion #9
      Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

      Performed by The Clovers

      Courtesy of EMI Records Group/EMI Records

      by arrangement with CEMA Special Markets

    User reviews48

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    Top review
    It's no "Great Comic Masterpiece" but has its moments
    "I learned a lot about myself that day. I learned that power corrupts, and that absolute power corrupts absolutely..." -- line from LP#9

    Some of the movie plot is by-the-numbers. But the best moments come when the screenwriter asks, "What would you do when you knew that, no matter what you said and no matter what you did, you couldn't miss?"

    The answer is "go wild," in the case of Tate Donovan's character. Donovan gets the funniest scenes in the movie.

    In the case of Sandra Bullock's character, there's a moment where she's talking to a man in his cubicle and he looks so confused as he falls in love with her. (Could have something to do with the fact that he's listening to The Village People's "YMCA" during the scene.)

    Mary Mara's character puts her own spin on what to do with a love potion, and her actions complicate the plot and create some hilarious moments.
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    • tomhr
    • Jan 8, 2001

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    • Chapter Headings, an unofficial version:

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 13, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Love Potion #9
    • Filming locations
      • Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
    • Production companies
      • Penta Pictures
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $754,935
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $416,641
      • Nov 15, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $754,935
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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