Blind Date

“A date with her is every man's dream come true. And with dreams like her - who needs nightmares?”

6.0

1987

1h 35m

ComedyRomance

Director: Blake Edwards

Overview

When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.

Trailer

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Cast

Nadia Gates

Kim Basinger

Nadia Gates

Walter Davis

Bruce Willis

Walter Davis

David Bedford

John Larroquette

David Bedford

Harold Bedford

William Daniels

Harold Bedford

Harry Gruen

George Coe

Harry Gruen

Denny Gordon

Mark Blum

Denny Gordon

Ted Davis

Phil Hartman

Ted Davis

Susie Davis

Stephanie Faracy

Susie Davis

Muriel Bedford

Alice Hirson

Muriel Bedford

Jordan the Butler

Graham Stark

Jordan the Butler

Nadia's Mother

Joyce Van Patten

Nadia's Mother

Walter's Secretary

Jeannie Elias

Walter's Secretary

Reviews

John Chard

Split right down the middle when allowing for nostalgia factor. Bruce Willis made this film in the middle of his stint in the hugely popular TV Show, Moonlighting, and it's very much in keeping with the fun side of that particular show. I remember watching this at the cinema many years ago with my then new girlfriend, and I remember laughing heartily as Bruce prats about falling over things and being thrust into ridiculous situations caused by the (then) luscious Kim Basinger. Viewing it now 20 years later I still have a soft spot for it, but it plays out more as a time capsule oddity in view of Willis's subsequent career. He was not very far away from making action genre template Die Hard, and that is the context in which to view this early comedic effort. The plot revolves around Walter Davis (Willis), who needs a date for a very important business dinner, his brother sets him up on a blind date with his wife's cousin Nadia (Basinger) with the express warning of not getting her drunk as she goes wild when taking in too much booze. Naturally things go from chaos to bigger chaos as Nadia promptly gets drunk and tears Walter's world to shreds. Some fun set pieces and tidy humour dialogue keep the proceedings jovial enough, but a running gag with one of Nadia's ex boyfriends turning up quickly becomes annoying, while the standard plot gag of Nadia ruining everything also becomes very tiresome. It's has its moments but just not enough to lift the film above average, the two leads do well enough to keep the mood going, but ultimately the film for me is straight down the middle with a rating of 5/10.

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