A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

1988

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 41% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 41% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 3284 3.3K

chicago, illinois based on novel or book older woman seduces younger guy coming of age 1960s

Plot summary

A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.

Director

William Richert Photo
William Richert

Top cast

Ann Magnuson Photo
Ann Magnuson as Joyce Fickett
E.J. Murray Photo
E.J. Murray as Alice
Robert Minkoff Photo
Robert Minkoff as Bit
Louanne Photo
Louanne as Suzie Middleberg
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837.56 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 1
1.47 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mark.waltz 4 / 10

Diary of a teenage narcissist.

Reviewed by PeterZ 5 / 10

this film should have a warning label

I was only 17. I was expecting a John Hughes film. if this had been an "indie" movie it would have done better, but the movie was Advertised to america like a regular (ie. happy) movie. it does have some spotty acting, slow parts, etc. but the big problem is the only thing I got from the movie (no pleasure, no pay off, no catharsis was):Jimmy has no heart of gold, he is dross. and the film is good at depicting the story of a man who realizes he will be a cheatin', no good jerk like his father, and that he really does not care. he seems at one with his shallowness. I don't think most teens could accept the idea that they are not good, not bad, just blah with such grace. a real human would not just shrug and accept his loserness..when he seemed to have a glimmer of more. It takes longer for life to beat you down at that.I walked out of the movie theater at the age of 17 thinking "THIS SUCKED compared to FERRIS BUELLER" and I was right. 15 years later, I am still right.
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