Fresh
Likeable.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Night Shift
Ever since two enterprising young men turned the City Morgue into a swinging business, people have been dying to get in.
1982 · 1h 46m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Ron Howard
Overview
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbor complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is a halfway funny movie, one that's got loads of good gags in its first half and nothing but trouble in its second.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
This isn't as snappily directed or as caustically conceived as the subsequent Risky Business, which has a similar theme, but it's arguably just as sexy and almost as funny.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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