Danny is a single guy who lives in the Windy City and struggle to balance their desire for sex with the possibility of love. When Danny meets Debbie, the two start a relationship from a one-night stand, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
12 February 1949, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
15 June 1954, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 October 1961, Maple Heights, Ohio, USA
18 November 1960, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
17 March 1960, Cumberland, Maryland, USA
7 July 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 January 1979, Los Angeles County, California, USA
17 March 1964, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
13 June 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
21 April 1940, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
6 September 1961, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 March 1950, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
12 April 1954, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 September 1960, Griffin, Georgia, USA
15 August 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 December 1932, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 September 1950, San Jose, California, USA
12 November 1958, Los Angeles, California, USA
February 13, 2014
Engaging performances from the two leads are complemented by a witty script with some great one-liners, and five-star support from James Belushi.
February 13, 2014
The shocks of recognition are largely absorbed by the standard narrative structure that replaces Mamet's blackouts; the characters, instead of functioning as archetypes, look underwritten, half alive.
January 21, 2009
Film lacks much of Mamet's grittiness, but is likable in its own right.
February 13, 2014
Writers DeClue and Kazurinsky have created a recognizable geography for every age; you suspect that About Last Night will set off pangs of identification everywhere.
June 24, 2006
The screenwriters work many nice little observations into their occasionally over-quippish script, but this is considerably smaller than the sum of its parts.
February 12, 2014
What emerges on the screen, however, is largely bland and prettified, virtually indistinguishable from any other trendy Hollywood romance of its period.
October 13, 2009
It takes a lot in order for Jim Belushi to be the best actor in something.
February 12, 2014
Lowe and Moore do well as the on-again, off-again partners, although it is James Belushi, in an over-the-top supporting performance his brother John would have been proud of, who all but walks off with the show.
February 13, 2014
About Last Night... is occasionally wonderful, but inevitably disappointing.
February 13, 2014
Homework assignment: Is the decision to change both the title and the thrust of Mamet's play evidence of perversity or of perversion? Due tomorrow. Class dismissed.
February 13, 2014
Odious.
