Rotten
The film begins in a giddy, enjoyable tribute to its own ingenuity, which by its ending has worn thin.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Tune in Tomorrow...
...for the year's most outrageous romantic comedy.
1990 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jon Amiel
Overview
Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia, not related by blood, returns home after many years away and Martin falls for her. Once Pedro finds out about this romance, he starts incorporating details of it into the script of his daily drama series. Soon, Martin and Julia are not only hearing about their fictional selves over the radio, but about what they are going to do next.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A tri-layered tale of love, creative impulses and dial-spinning, it comes and it goes, evocative and a little bit magical, flawed but forgivably so.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten
Sometimes we laugh easily, sometimes uncertainly, and sometimes we just look at the screen and wonder why anyone thought that was funny.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The movie spends too much time with the Aunt and not enough with the Scriptwriter.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
More films
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Comedy · Crime · PG
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Cast
- George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon
IMDb
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes
57%
Cinderella Jones (1946)
Comedy · Music · APPROVED
Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Cast
- Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, Julie Bishop
IMDb
5.4
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Comedy · Romance · War · Approved
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Preston Sturges
- Cast
- Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn
IMDb
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
86
The Front Page (1931)
Comedy · Crime · Drama · Romance · Approved
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy...
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Director
- Lewis Milestone
- Cast
- Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian
IMDb
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
76
Ball of Fire (1941)
Comedy · Crime · Romance · Approved
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just ...
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Cast
- Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka
IMDb
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
78
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
IMDb
4.2
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
IMDb
4.5
Comments
Talk about the film with other members