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A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon
1987
Set in 1962, this is the story of 36 hours in young Jimmy Reardon's life. When his father demands that he attend a dull old business college in Chicago he rebels and tries to scrape enough money together to follow his girlfriend to Hawaii, where she attends college. Jimmy is ready for anything, but too young to consider the .. Read more
| Starring | River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Meredith Salenger, Matthew Perry |
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| Director | William Richert |
| Genres | Drama |
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A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon
Set in 1962, this is the story of 36 hours in young Jimmy Reardon's life. When his father demands that he attend a dull old business college in Chicago he rebels and tries to scrape enough money together to follow his girlfriend to Hawaii, where she attends college. Jimmy is ready for anything, but too young to consider the consequences.
| Starring | River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Meredith Salenger, Matthew Perry, Ione Skye, Paul Koslo |
|---|---|
| Director | William Richert |
| Studio | PRISM LEISURE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 16 Sep 2002 Production year: 1987 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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River Phoenix, who tragically died so young, strayed from his usual thoughtful pubescent role to play a romeo teenager with a gravity-defying hairdo in this hit-and-miss comedy. Although Phoenix is as engaging as he was in Running on Empty and Stand by Me, he seems ill at ease playing such an extrovert character, who also has to narrate the action on screen. Nonetheless, the movie still has its moments, notably Phoenix's assignations with older woman Ann Magnuson. One of the quirkier roles in the actor's short career.
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William (Winter Kills) Richert's rites of passage movie is based on a novel he wrote 20 years ago when he was 19. Set... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
VERY GOOD
I saw this film a while ago, it was pretty late at night and I seem to recall that it was on channel 5 or something, it struck a chord with me then for some reason so i felt i had to revisit it.
It's the tale of a young man who is going through a turbulent period in his adolescent life and is unsure about which path to take, we all go through such times which I guess allows us to relate. River Phoenix is always watchable, he has become almost as legendary as James Dean after his death and adds some impetus to the proceedings. Overall, highly rated! -
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80's cheese-tastic
A yound River Pheonix delivers a strong performance but frankly, the story and the plot weren't great. It's aged a bit too and not in a good way. One for a rainy weekend perhaps
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A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon
Set in 1962, this is the story of 36 hours in young Jimmy Reardon's life. When his father demands that he attend a dull old business college in Chicago he rebels and tries to scrape enough money together to follow his girlfriend to Hawaii, where she attends college. Jimmy is ready for anything, but ...
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