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A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

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

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Time Out 01/26/2006
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. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 07/08/2022
Sure it doesn't fully work, but Jimmy Reardon has its moments of inspired eccentricity. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Pete Vonder Haar Film Threat 10/28/2005
3/5
For a movie set in 1962, there's some seriously big 80s hair taking place here Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/24/2005
2/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 12/31/2004
2/5
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 08/28/2004
3/5
Adds some fresh twists to the coming-of-age dramas. Go to Full Review
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Robyn M Feb 25 loved it then and I I love it now See more 01/03/2020 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. See more 06/06/2018 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. See more 05/05/2018 a little corny at times, but overall i enjoyed the film. See more 10/07/2013 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. See more 05/13/2012 Didn't realize there was a River Phoenix movie that I hadn't seen yet. Entertaining enough. See more Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Russell Schwartz
Screenwriter
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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