Mystery Date (1991)

A teenage boy would like to meet with a very pretty, blonde girl who lives next door. His elder brother helps him with a car and a credit card to be successful. This simple story gets ... See full summary »

Director:

Jonathan Wacks

Writers:

Parker Bennett, Terry Runte (as Terry Runté)

Stars:

Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, Brian McNamara

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ethan Hawke	...	Tom McHugh
Teri Polo	...	Geena Matthews
Brian McNamara	...	Craig McHugh
Fisher Stevens	...	Dwight
BD Wong	...	James Lew
Tony Rosato	...	Sharpie
Don S. Davis	...	Doheny
James Hong	...	Fortune Teller
Victor Wong	...	Janitor
Ping Wu	...	Vince
Duncan Fraser	...	Crully
Jerry Wasserman	...	Detective Al Condon
Terry David Mulligan	...	Mr. McHugh
Merrilyn Gann	...	Mrs. McHugh
Stephen Chang	...	Ben

Storyline

A teenage boy would like to meet with a very pretty, blonde girl who lives next door. His elder brother helps him with a car and a credit card to be successful. This simple story gets complicated because of the corpse in the trunk. From there, other nightmares begin .

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Plot Keywords:

teen comedy | teenage boy | teenager | teenage protagonist | teenage girl | 

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Taglines:

Tom McHugh took one look at her and he was deeply in love. Everyone took one look at him and he was in deep trouble.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 August 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cita misteriosa

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$6,166,819

Company Credits

Production Co:

Orion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lew had two henchmen named Ben and Jerry who's first names are also similar to father and son comedians Jerry and Ben Stiller. Both the lead stars worked with the latter at some point in their careers. Ethan Hawke co-starred with and was directed by Ben Stiller in the film Reality Bites (1994) while Teri Polo worked him in the films Meet the Parents (2000), Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010).

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Goofs

When the police officer is recording the statement of the suspect, there is no tape in the machine.

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Quotes

Craig: Alright, now the only problem with glasses is that they tend to fly off when a woman slaps you. Just don't flinch, you take it like a man, come off it smiling.

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Connections

Features RoboCop (1987)

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Soundtracks

Funky Cold Medina
Performed by Tone Loc
Written by Marvin Young, Michael Ross and Matt Dike
Varry White Music, Inc.
Courtesy of Delicious Vinyl Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Corey Haim wannabe type flick

Easy enough to watch if you really got nothing better to do. Very much a RISKY BUSINESS for the 90's. Ethan Hawke has the hots for cute Teri Polo next door but some unsavory associates of his lowlife brother tend to wreck his evening through circumstantial misfortune. Plays rather like a Corey Haim flick with a touch of the NIGHT ON THE TOWN's!

Cerebrally unchallenging but equally, passably entertaining. Having picked this flick up for $2 yesterday at our local video-store's annual clean-out sale, I don't feel like it was money wasted!