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Mystery Date

  • 19911991
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
3.1K
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POPULARITY
19,232
2,049
Mystery Date (1991)
Tom's in love with the cute house sitter next door. He's too shy but his older brother visits and helps Tom with the first date. Things don't go as planned.
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Tom's in love with the cute house sitter next door. He's too shy but his older brother visits and helps Tom with the first date. Things don't go as planned.Tom's in love with the cute house sitter next door. He's too shy but his older brother visits and helps Tom with the first date. Things don't go as planned.Tom's in love with the cute house sitter next door. He's too shy but his older brother visits and helps Tom with the first date. Things don't go as planned.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
3.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
19,232
2,049
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    • Director
      • Jonathan Wacks
    • Writers
      • Parker Bennett
      • Terry Runte
    • Stars
      • Ethan Hawke
      • Teri Polo
      • Brian McNamara
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jonathan Wacks
    • Writers
      • Parker Bennett
      • Terry Runte
    • Stars
      • Ethan Hawke
      • Teri Polo
      • Brian McNamara
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 21User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews

    Videos2

    Trailer
    Trailer 1:44
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    Mystery Date
    Clip 1:16
    Mystery Date

    Photos30

    Ethan Hawke and Teri Polo in Mystery Date (1991)
    Ethan Hawke and Teri Polo in Mystery Date (1991)
    Ethan Hawke and Teri Polo in Mystery Date (1991)
    Teri Polo in Mystery Date (1991)
    Ethan Hawke and Brian McNamara in Mystery Date (1991)
    Ethan Hawke in Mystery Date (1991)
    Ethan Hawke and Teri Polo in Mystery Date (1991)
    Ethan Hawke in Mystery Date (1991)
    Ethan Hawke and Jonathan Wacks in Mystery Date (1991)
    Teri Polo in Mystery Date (1991)
    Ethan Hawke and Brian McNamara in Mystery Date (1991)
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    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
    • Tom McHugh
    Teri Polo
    Teri Polo
    • Geena Matthews
    Brian McNamara
    Brian McNamara
    • Craig McHugh
    Fisher Stevens
    Fisher Stevens
    • Dwight
    BD Wong
    BD Wong
    • James Lew
    Tony Rosato
    Tony Rosato
    • Sharpie
    Don S. Davis
    Don S. Davis
    • Doheny
    James Hong
    James Hong
    • Fortune Teller
    Victor Wong
    Victor Wong
    • Janitor
    Ping Wu
    Ping Wu
    • Vince
    Duncan Fraser
    Duncan Fraser
    • Crully
    Jerry Wasserman
    Jerry Wasserman
    • Detective Al Condon
    Terry David Mulligan
    Terry David Mulligan
    • Mr. McHugh
    Merrilyn Gann
    Merrilyn Gann
    • Mrs. McHugh
    Stephen Chang
    Stephen Chang
    • Ben
    Russell Jung
    • Jerry
    Michele Little
    Michele Little
    • Stella
    Allan Lysell
    • Mr. Lusky
    • Director
      • Jonathan Wacks
    • Writers
      • Parker Bennett
      • Terry Runte
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      First lead in a feature film for both Teri Polo and Ethan Hawke.
    • Goofs
      When Tom McHugh puts the birthday button on the drapes, the lights in the room are off. In the next shot, when Liu's henchman falls from the building the lights in the room are on.
    • Quotes

      Tom: Isn't that illegal?

      Craig: Tom, never let the law stand in the way of a good time.

    • Connections
      Features RoboCop (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      634-5789
      Performed by Wilson Pickett

      Written by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd

      Irving Music, Inc./Pronto Music, Inc.

      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews21

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Interesting idea, pretty improbable ending
    I caught "Mystery Date" on TV one night. It portrays nerdy Tom McHugh (Ethan Hawke) learning from older brother Craig (Brian McNamara) how to ask a girl out on a date. But when it comes time for the date, a series of things go wrong, and before you know it, the whole thing looks like Dave Barry's novel "Big Trouble".

    I should identify that "Mystery Date" isn't a bad movie. It's just that the ending seemed a little improbable. Otherwise, most of the movie's acceptable. Victor Wong had a fairly goofy line, and it was interesting seeing Teri Polo in the years before she became the woman in "Meet the Parents".
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    • lee_eisenberg
    • Dec 26, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 16, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Таємне побачення
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production company
      • Orion Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,166,819
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,952,569
      • Aug 18, 1991
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,166,819
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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