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Mystery Date

Play trailer Poster for Mystery Date PG-13 1991 1h 38m Mystery & Thriller Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Teenage Tom McHugh (Ethan Hawke) is madly in love with his ravishing next-door neighbor, Geena Matthews (Teri Polo), but becomes hopelessly tongue-tied whenever she's around. When his parents go away on an impromptu road trip, his suave law student brother shows up and begins coaching Tom on how to pick up women. Things are going great until Tom discovers a body in the trunk of his brother's car, and his perfect date with Geena takes multiple turns for the worse.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
It's one of those movies where the setup is unbelievably complicated, and involves a chain of mistaken identities, and we sit patiently in the audience and wait while the writers get all of their ducks in a row. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/21/2005
2/5
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat 07/29/2004
2/5
Wesley Lovell Apollo Guide 11/15/2003
59/100
The screenplay is immature at best, although with some cutting and embellishing, it might have been a far better entry into the genre. Go to Full Review
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 11/25/2002
1/5
Caffeinated Clint Moviehole 09/17/2002
3/5
Laughs, Romance and Dead Bodies....what a treat! Go to Full Review
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Will S Apr 23 I adore this weird little oddity. The acting all around is great. The plot is.... fun? It's light antics with beautiful and charismatic leads. See more Steve D 09/11/2023 A sexist uncomfortable script kills it. See more 07/30/2022 I love this movie, its cool funny and its very well acted. Such a journey and coming of age film for the two actors. i love the story, it was somewhat romantic and just keeps you until the end. See more 06/18/2021 This is your run of the mill teenage date gone wrong movie ( stolen car, disaster, misunderstanding, chase, parents don't know). It suffers from a silly plot, but is watchable. See more 04/09/2018 The movie is highly immature and goes everywhere yet no where. It took me two days to watch because I couldn't handle the ridiculous script and story line. The only thing I liked is that Ethan hawke did a pretty good job in the film, and I did enjoy the whole older brother turn bad but I just truly didn't understand what the people were after in the end. Honestly watch but don't. See more camille l 12/01/2017 Mystery Date démarre comme du John Hughes, avec des personnages à la John Hughes et on pourrait presque s'en contenter pendant la première demi-heure. Et puis d'un coup, le film de Jonathan Wacks dérape totalement et le rendez-vous du titre se transforme en une plongée aux enfers pour Ethan Hawke (excellent, tout comme sa partenaire Teri Polo), qui se veut drôle et noire, mais qui n'est que fatigante et hystérique. C'est dommage, car il y a pléthore de bonnes idées, mais elles sont mal amenées ou mal mises en scène. Il n'empêche que B.D. Wong en bad guy est une sacrée bonne idée et que cela sauve presque le film qui, malgré son chaotique développement, parvient à finir de manière satisfaisante. Mystery Date est un film étrange, pas dénué d'intérêt mais vraiment trop décousu pour être réellement convainquant. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Teenage Tom McHugh (Ethan Hawke) is madly in love with his ravishing next-door neighbor, Geena Matthews (Teri Polo), but becomes hopelessly tongue-tied whenever she's around. When his parents go away on an impromptu road trip, his suave law student brother shows up and begins coaching Tom on how to pick up women. Things are going great until Tom discovers a body in the trunk of his brother's car, and his perfect date with Geena takes multiple turns for the worse.
Director
Jonathan Wacks
Producer
Cathleen Summers
Screenwriter
Parker Bennett, Terry Runte
Production Co
Orion Pictures
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.0M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo