Eight Days a Week

1997

Action / Comedy / Romance

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 68% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 3703 3.7K

obsession romantic rivalry unrequited love neighbor crush religion

Plot summary

Peter loves his next door neighbour Erica and, on the advice of his grandfather, decides to camp out on her front lawn for the entire summer, or until she agrees to go out with him. His father is none too happy about the idea and refuses to let his son back in the house, even to get a change of clothes.

Director

Michael Davis Photo
Michael Davis

Top cast

Van Epperson Photo
Van Epperson as Phil
Darleen Carr Photo
Darleen Carr as Erica's mother
Keri Russell Photo
Keri Russell as Erica
Catherine Hicks Photo
Catherine Hicks as Ms. Lewis
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855.96 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.55 GB
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English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

close to being good

Peter is utterly infatuated with his longtime neighbor Erica (Keri Russell). With 3 months left before she goes to an east coast college, his grandfather Nonno urges him to go for it. He decides to stay on her front lawn. She tells him that she wants to be "just friends". His best friend Matt is obsessed with self-pleasure even with a watermelon. She is going out with the bully Nick. Peter waits day after day on her front lawn as he observes the neighborhood.This reminds me a little of American Pie with masturbating inside food. It also tries to be a sweet coming-of-age movie. The two aspects do clash. On the one hand, Keri Russell has a wet T-shirt scene and Peter pontificates about her breast. On the other hand, it's a sugary sweet puppy love story. The old lady's revelations are really compelling but Michael Davis sometimes goes down a cheesy kiddie movie road. Joshua Schaefer is good as the lead but his narrations should be trim down. Finally, R.D. Robb is not funny enough to be the comedic best friend.
Reviewed by MihaiSorinToma 6 / 10

A boring "love" endurance story

Peter loves Erica very much. So much that he's willing to do anything to prove it. Advised by his grandfather, he decides to spend all summer, against all odds, in front of her house. That's pretty much it. We follow him day by day, spying on neighbors, listening to his sexually obsessed friend, being bullied by Erica's boyfriend and wasting time in various modes just to impress the girl of his dreams.It's a simple plot which frankly becomes boring very soon. I liked the idea of camping in a girl's yard but just staying there without almost any result and confronting all kinds of problems makes you think if the boy is truly mentally healthy. Furthermore, the most anticipated ending finally occurs but it comes out of nowhere. I was expecting something progressive, but from the beginning she isn't "bothered" at all by his presence in her yard and enjoys her life with her boyfriend when all of a sudden, in the last day, the "miracle" takes place! Wow! I can't tell you how impressed I am…I wanted to like this movie but the fact that it was so dull, rarely funny and sometimes boring made me change my mind. It could have been so much better!
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