Blind Date

Blake Edwards tries to combine visual and verbal slapstick, and he delivers a few (scattered) laughs, but his direction is too static for this kind of wild comedy. The film is a mildly pleasant misfire, and Willis wasn't yet comfortable enough to be able to carry a movie on his own. There is a funny little performance by Daniels, who plays a judge.

This movie begins with a pretty good premise, that Nadia (Kim Basinger) will let her real innermost feelings rip out, when she drinks. This leads to a lot of difficult to handle situations for Walter Davis (Bruce Willis) her blind date. This premise is coupled with her stalker ex-boyfriend David (John Laroquette) constant attacks against Walter. Walter appears to begin the movie, wanting to conform to society's expectations. But about midway through he becomes more like Nadia, when she is drinking. The movie losses some steam near the end in the nearly confusing scenes in a judges house that often deal with a dog. But for the most part it is funny. The movie has one terrific song by Billy Vera and the Beaters, which is one of several songs they did for this movie: "Let You Get Away" and Kim Basinger is great to watch when she dances to it.

with some very funny scenes! John Larroquette is very good and I always enjoy William Daniels. The interplay between them is classic. It is mostly physical comedy, which is apparently not funny to everyone, from the looks of the ratings here, but I liked it. I also prefer Bruce Willis doing comedy. And while capable in the role, Kim Basinger is nothing to write home about.

Bruce Willis goes on a blind date with Kim Basinger (who loses control when she is drunk) and total chaos strikes. The night goes into a tail-spin very quickly and it appears that Basinger's ex-boyfriend (lawyer John Larroquette) may end up winning her back in the venture. Willis, almost totally ruined by Basinger over the course of the evening, might even get thrown in prison unless....you guessed it, Larroquette helps him out. Naturally, Larroquette's father (a priceless William Daniels) is the judge. Would-be-funny comedy just never does jell too well and only presents stupid alcoholic lush routines for Basinger while the males of the production just act pretty much as scenery. Phil Hartman steals every scene as Willis' annoying brother. 2 stars out of 5.

This movie is an easy-going one. Light atmosphere, nice gags, good and not-so-good joking all the way, young Kim and Bruce, and fine urban/suburban scenery. It's kind of a very warm family movie that can suit nearly every evening when there is nothing to do (though some humour is rather adult). My opinion is that they could not handle the script better than this. Don't know how about others, but to me this movie is very neat and quite funny. Though they shouldn't have called the dog "Rambo", while "First Blood" is one of my absolute favourites. How dare they! Solid 7 out of 10. Thanks for attention.

BLIND DATE (1987)*** Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, William Daniels, Phil Hartman. Willis in his first film during his "Moonlighting" hey-day is faced with the blind date from hell Basinger, a bombshell who "loses control" with one drink of alcohol, causing a night of slap-stick heavy consequences. Larroquette is a riot as her zealously jealous pinhead ex hellbent on destroying Willis. Best bit: Larroquette's car destruction. Directed with flair by ace Blake Edwards.

I love this film. This was Bruce Willis' first box office film in a leading role. It's a nice little film that has its funny moments. Blind Date is not Citizen Kane, but it's sure a good film to watch on a day off. When Kim Basinger gets drunk, that's where the funny moments start. She goes from being a sweet southern belle to the date from hell. She embarrasses him at a business dinner, goes ga-ga at a club, gets his car lifted, and drives him to the point of insanity. Meanwhile, ex-boyfriend Larroquette is stalking them around the town driving them nuts. His character isn't given much depth, but he works with it. All in all, it's a funny, innocent film that will make you laugh.