About Last Night... (1986)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Sorry, this movie sucks

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Never have I ever watched a love story where the film doesn't end with a passionate kiss while cinematic music plays. This love story is one of the most raw and authentic portrayals I have seen. Demi Moore and Rob Lowe do an incredible job in this film. We go through their lows and their highs, their triumphs and downfalls. You get to see everything that is wonderful about a relationship, and everything that drives you crazy.Aside from its authenticity, it ends in a great way. It isn't a cheesy ending with butterflies and fireworks, but it ends realistically. The couple fall apart, and the film ends with their effort to start off fresh. It's that chance of hope we see at the end that makes the film so great.The film is incredibly predictable though with some very explicit sex scenes that do nothing but take away from the film. You can be sensual without being explicit. Aside from that and having to stare at Rob Lowe's butt, this is another worthy feature of the 80s.

Available on Blu-ray Disc (Region B)USA 1986 English (Colour); Comedy/Drama/Romance (TriStar); 113 minutes (18 certificate)Crew includes: Edward Zwick (Director); Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue (Screenwriters, adapting Play SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO by David Mamet *** [6/10]); Jason Brett, Stuart Oken (Producers); Arnold Stiefel (Executive Producer); Andrew Dintenfass (Cinematographer); Ida Random (Production Designer); Harry Keramidas (Editor); Miles Goodman (Composer)Cast includes: Rob Lowe (Danny Martin), Demi Moore (Debbie Sullivan), James Belushi (Bernie Litko), Elizabeth Perkins (Joan Gunther), George DiCenzo (Mr Favio), Michael Alldredge (Mother Malone), Robin Thomas (Steve Carlson)"It's about men, women, choices, friendship, love, last night..."A young, attractive couple on the singles scene (Lowe, Moore) hesitantly embark on an unforeseen relationship, which is frequently undermined by their respective, disparaging best friends (Belushi, Perkins), who both contrive, however inadvertently, to break up the fledgling romance.Based on a one-act Mamet play, this is an audaciously vivid depiction of sexual pairing-off between hip twenty-somethings in the 1980s (needlessly remade in the 2010s), by turns brash, funny, true to life and affecting, with an abrasive Belushi and a cynical Perkins threatening to overshadow the nominal stars (though never quite doing so).The language is strong, the matter-of-fact sex and nudity unabashed, but the film's heart is dead-on centre.Blu-ray Extras: Featurette, Interview. *** (6/10)

I missed this one when it was first released 28 years ago and didn't expect much from a movie that I thought only involved adolescent love and sex. Well, after seeing it, I came to a different conclusion because the movie was an honest story of a young couple (played by Rob Lowe and Demi Moore) who fall in love and decide to live together but cannot make the relationship work. Maybe it was the fact that they made an effort to admit they really cared for each other and tried to get past their youthful egos after the relationship first fell apart. They also tried to work things out with their their best friends who wanted to foil them from being together, in part because the friends (James Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins) did not want to lose them. Lowe and Moore also show the loneliness of life following their relationship as they go to bars making futile efforts to find someone compatible. The script and acting was generally good, particularly Belushi whose character is typical of many young men who like their buddies and pretend to know how to snare women without getting involved with them. Belushi also delivered the best humour. I liked the location of Chicago with the skyscrapers, the elevated trains and the waterfront. it is still a good movie about life in the 1980's as two young people try to make the transition from bachelor life to a successful loving relationship.

Director Edward Zwick's "About Last Night" is a little bit more difficult to rate than your average movie. Despite for the most part, an annoying Jim Belushi character, the movie has quite a few good moments. The writing is good in spots as is the romance. There's a great scene at a diner "joint" that hits it right. Demi Moore and Rob Lowe indeed look fabulous physically - maybe the best I've ever seen each of them in any movie. One scene in particular of both of them standing on raised platform Chicago train station in snow and winter during the latter half of the movie is simply spectacular. However, they are little over-their- heads in the talent level needed to carry the movie. Both Lowe and Moore sometimes come off either not emotional enough or too emotional. They are decent actors, but not excellent. Elizabeth Perkins in for support may not look as beautiful as Moore, but she's clearly the better actress, and Belushi is again kind of annoying for the most part as the vulgar comic relief. The movie is certainly an 80s splash, with requisite MTV soundtracks and cussing - detractably so. But The drama is there and despite not hitting the stride, or sometimes mis-acted, it carries things. Mildly worth a watch; it's nice to catch a decent 80s drama that I haven't seen and like it overall. Recommended. 6.5/10