Night Shift (1982)
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 (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ron Howard
Written By: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Starring: Clint Howard, Michael Keaton, Henry Winkler, Shelley Long, Nita Talbot, Bobby Di Cicco, Gina Hecht, Pat Corley
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Night Shift belongs to 8 collections
1. boobs (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 51 stars)
2. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (collaborative: moderated by Gregzilla - 40 stars)
3. Feel Good Movies (collaborative: moderated by Midaso - 17 stars)
4. Prostitution (collaborative: moderated by Moribunny - 7 stars)
5. edkrak films to see (public: edkrak - 4 stars)
6. 80s teen sex comedies (public: ckflk - 3 stars)
7. Pre-Guiliani New York (collaborative: moderated by mattburgess - 2 stars)
8. Hollywood Gauntlet: Summer of '82 (public: BeeDub)
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| Feb 04 | Ritteh | 65 49th |
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Not a great movie, but it is a super interesting look at the stars before they were stars. While Henry Winkler was well known as Fonzie (he plays a complete opposite character here), this was Michael Keaton's first big movie, and Shelly Long was also a relatively unknown, just getting started in Cheers. Add in a first lead directorial debut for Ron Howard and a completely unknown Kevin Costner playing a young frat boy, you wind up with something kind of special.
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| Nov 06, 2020 | matthagen | 38 17th |
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The occasional funny exchange does not make up for a confusing, scattershot series of events that doesn't lead anywhere new. This movie really needed to be a confident, heightened farce, when in reality the farcical moments it does contain don't fit the rest of the tone.
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| Apr 07, 2018 |  |
Yiannos | 60 47th |
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Winkler is a milquetoast morgue worker who is convinced by wildman Keaton to become a pimp. It's a strangely subdued comedy given its premise--it's almost too grounded in reality--and Howard's direction is pedestrian and lacks energy. There also aren't enough jokes for a comedy, but the performers pull it over the line as they are near impossible to dislike. Keaton is his usual dynamic self, and Long, despite being arguably miscast, is effortlessly charming and has a surprisingly great figure.
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| Jan 22, 2015 |  |
Ocelot | 40 31st |
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Not particularly funny and criminally lacking in tits. I'd say Michael Keaton stole the movie if there was anything worth stealing.
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| Oct 27, 2013 |  |
Clark Nova | 75 37th |
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Keaton is a pimp. Say no more.
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| Oct 19, 2013 | glm01 | 84 79th |
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| May 19, 2013 |  |
wetwillies | 70 19th |
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Ladies and gentlemen, MICHAEL KEATON!!!! He's absolutely brilliant in this one, folks. He IS Night Shift. Also, I've always had a crush on Shelley Long and well this delivered. Henry Winkler is good too and I definitely loved how 80s it was, so it has that going for it. Michael Keaton Michael Keaton Michael Keaton. How the hell have I not seen Beetlejuice yet? Damn.
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| Mar 30, 2012 | glm | 72 48th |
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| Apr 12, 2010 |  |
JohnSandwich | 40 15th |
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Wanted to like it, and got pumped by the very 80s opening of the film, but, in the end, I did not really like it. Rather the opposite, actually.
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| Sep 18, 2009 |  |
Okkervil | 48 35th |
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Has amusing moments, and is quite fun. But not a good film overall.
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| Mar 27, 2008 | TheRev | 88 71st |
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GUILTY PLEASURE...THIS MOVIE CRACKS ME UP
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
Alex Watkins | 0 3rd |
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Didn't laugh, mostly cringed.
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| Mar 02, 2007 |  |
TheDiceman | 50 35th |
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Fairly amusing.
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| Average Percentile 43.04% from 300 Ratings |  |