Into the Night

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Into the Night

R

1985

1h 55m

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum) leads a joyless existence. He hates his job as an aerospace engineer. To make matters worse, his wife is cheating on him. Well, take heart Ed, your life is about to get a lot more interesting, really fast. While at the airport, he bumps into beautiful but ditsy jewel thief Diana (Michelle Pfeiffer), on the run from an ensemble of thugs (David Bowie, Dan Aykroyd, Roger Vadim) who will stop at nothing to recover the emeralds she has pilfered.

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Critics Consensus

Despite its two stellar leads, Into the Night finds director John Landis indulging in far too many gimmicks in lieu of a well-rounded story.

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

"Into the Night" features cameo appearances by 11 directors, none of whom had the sense to get behind the camera and help the 12th, John Landis.

Jan 4, 2018

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Variety Staff

Variety

The film itself tries sometimes too hard for laughs and at other times strains for shock.

Apr 10, 2008

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Time Out

Pfeiffer in particular takes the sort of glamorous yet preposterous part that generally defeats even the best actress and somehow contrives to make it credible every inch of the way.

Apr 21, 2007

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

There are a couple of jarring sequences that feel tonally wrong, but, overall, Landis and scripter Ron Koslow keep the picture sure-footed and fleet-footed.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 19, 2021

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Austin Trunick

Under the Radar

Goldblum, who usually elevates any material, seems asleep at the wheel in a role where his character does virtually nothing but drive Michelle Pfeiffer around wherever she asks him to.

Dec 13, 2017

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Because of all the cameos and in-jokes, this gimmicky weightless film should appeal to mostly film buffs.

Rated: B-

May 3, 2016

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 55 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/04/25

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Kimberly C

I’m don’t understand the negative reviews, but to each their own. My personal opinion is that it’s worth the watch. Kept me interested. Give this one a watch!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/07/24

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John P

Super fun and funny and deeply satirical of the times (1985). Lots of subtle references to how we communicated back then, pre-internet and cell phones.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/12/24

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Iman R

If you're Iranian American it's worth watching for the one scene where the bad Iranian guys are sitting on a couch eating pistachios and breaking gaz(Iranian nougat) with the butt of a gun...and that the director John Landis happens to be one of them. Otherwise a an awkwardly paced, surprisingly boring (despite lots of car chases) movie with sub par performances from otherwise good actors especially Goldblum who seemed to sleep through it (though to be fair his character was supposed to be half asleep). I guess that's just bad writing then.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/18/23

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Steve D

A train wreak no matter who is involved.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/27/23

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Lanfranco C

In My opinion it is a good one. Really underrated!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/13/23

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Synopsis

Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum) leads a joyless existence. He hates his job as an aerospace engineer. To make matters worse, his wife is cheating on him. Well, take heart Ed, your life is about to get a lot more interesting, really fast. While at the airport, he bumps into beautiful but ditsy jewel thief Diana (Michelle Pfeiffer), on the run from an ensemble of thugs (David Bowie, Dan Aykroyd, Roger Vadim) who will stop at nothing to recover the emeralds she has pilfered.

Director: John Landis
Producer: George Folsey Jr., Ron Koslow
Screenwriter: Ron Koslow
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 55m

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