A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

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A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

R

1988

1h 33m

Comedy

Drama

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A high-school lothario's romantic woes form the basis of a semi-autobiographical tale from director William Richert.

Time Out

While the film has the charm of rose-tinted retrospect and is often very funny, the pacing is wrong (it seems much longer than it is) and the sex scenes fail to convince.

Jan 26, 2006

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Sure it doesn't fully work, but Jimmy Reardon has its moments of inspired eccentricity. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 8, 2022

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Pete Vonder Haar

Film Threat

For a movie set in 1962, there's some seriously big 80s hair taking place here

Rated: 3/5

Oct 28, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 24, 2005

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 2/5

Dec 31, 2004

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Adds some fresh twists to the coming-of-age dramas.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 28, 2004

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Audience Member

Absolutely loved it when I was young and had a huge crush River Phoenix. Intelligent look into a Adolescent almost adult sexual maturity and the state of PSYCHOLOGY understanding of the mature and teen girl séduction prowess of Jimmy Reardon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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As I have gotten older, I start to see why this movie is as well thought of as I used to think of it. It was a flick my mom didn't know was R, so I watched the hell out of it. River Phoenix was my favorite actor at the time and consumed all things River. Plus, Ione Skye and Meredith Salenger... SO HOT! Side note it was because of this (Matthew Perry's film debut) & Leprechaun (Jen Aniston's Debut) that I started watching Friends.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/06/18

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Audience Member

a little corny at times, but overall i enjoyed the film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

This is a film where I honestly don't know why it's so low-rated. It's a good movie. It's interesting and of course, River was spectacular at executing his character. I really enjoyed this film, there were funny moments as well as dramatic ones. It was a well-balanced, deep film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Didn't realize there was a River Phoenix movie that I hadn't seen yet. Entertaining enough.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

This flick wasn't heinous but had few quality things going for it - River Phoenix's pompadour, Ione Skye as a total mega-b*tch and Matthew Perry as a complete dork. Other than that, the title character was such a douche that it was hard to root for him or anyone else in this flick. When he finally gets the crap kicked out of him, I was almost cheering. And Meredith Salenger was just blah...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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William Richert

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River Phoenix

Jimmy Reardon

Ann Magnuson

Joyce Fickett

Meredith Salenger

Lisa Bentwright

Ione Skye

Denise Hunter

Louanne

Suzie Middleberg

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Synopsis

A high-school lothario's romantic woes form the basis of a semi-autobiographical tale from director William Richert.

Director: William Richert
Production Co: Island Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.0M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Surround

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