Rotten
This material, however promising, would be better suited to an extended skit.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Cross My Heart
A COMEDY YOU CAN STILL RESPECT IN THE MORNING
1987 · 1h 30m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Armyan Bernstein
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Cross My Heart
Overview
A man and a woman go out on a "big" third date. He's ashamed to admit he just lost his job, and she's afraid he'll run away if he finds out that she has a kid. Small lies lead to bigger ones and the night gets crazy very soon.
Director and cast
- Armyan Bernstein Director
- Annette O'Toole as Kathy
- Martin Short as David Morgan
- Paul Reiser as Bruce Gaynor
- Joanna Kerns as Nancy
- Jessica Puscas as Jessica
- Lee Arenberg as Parking Attendant
- Corinne Bohrer as Susan
- Jason Stuart as Waiter
- Shelley Taylor Morgan as Woman in Restaurant
- Eric Poppick as Maitre D
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
40%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A less-filling helping of Bedroom Farce Lite.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
What director Armyan Bernstein does with this premise is courageous and ambitious, but only fitfully successful.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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