#Blind date movie#

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half stars out of four and wrote: 'There are individual moments in this movie that are as funny as anything Edwards has ever done, but they're mostly sight gags and don't grow out of the characters. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of 'B' on an A+ to F scale. The website's consensus reads, ' Blind Date has all the ingredients for a successful madcap comedy, but the end results suggest director Blake Edwards has lost his once-reliable touch.' On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 24%, based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 4.60/10. The studio agreed and the movie was re-cast with Willis and Basinger.īilly Vera & The Beaters appear in the bar scene, playing several songs. The project moved from Handmade Films to Blake Edwards, who agreed to direct contingent on script changes.

The film was originally intended for the recently married Madonna and Sean Penn, but both backed out after the project failed to attract a director. William Daniels as Judge Harold Bedford.The final scene shows Nadia and Walter on their honeymoon on a beach, with a two-liter bottle of Coca-Cola chilling instead of champagne. In the end, Nadia humiliates David by rejecting him to the delight of their guests as she and Walter decide to give their relationship another shot. Before the wedding, Walter gives Nadia chocolates filled with brandy and attempts to sabotage the marriage. Nadia posts $10,000 in bail and agrees to marry David if he will help Walter avoid prison time. He even forces David to do a moonwalk before firing at the frightened man's feet. Walter ends up being driven insane by Nadia's mishaps and David's pursuit she gets him fired at the dinner his car is destroyed after wreaking havoc at a party, Walter gets arrested for menacing David with a mugger's revolver. To make matters worse, Nadia's jealous ex-boyfriend, David ( John Larroquette), shows up and exacerbates the situation by stalking the couple all night, assaulting and attempting to assault Walter several times, even ramming Walter's car with his own. (A warning about her behavior under the influence of alcohol had been given by Ted's wife, but when Ted relayed the warning to Walter, he made it sound like a joke and strongly hinted that Walter might actually benefit from giving her alcohol.) However, as the evening goes on, Nadia begins to drink and behave in a wild manner. Nadia is shy and the two experience some awkwardness. Walter Davis ( Bruce Willis) allows his brother, Ted ( Phil Hartman), to set him up on a blind date with Ted's wife's cousin, Nadia ( Kim Basinger).

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