• Trending
    • Certified Fresh & Verified Hot
    • TV Premier dates
    • New horror Movies
    • Best Movies of All Time
  • Movies
    • Movies In Theaters
    • Movies at Home
  • TV Shows
    • New TV
    • Most Popular TV
  • News
    • What to Watch
    • Guides
    • RT News
    • Awards
  • Games
    • Find Your Next Horror Watch
  • Video
  • Showtimes
  • Fanstore
  • About Rotten Tomatoes
  • Critics
  • Download the App Now
  • Logout
Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App New News Showtimes

Late for Dinner

Play trailer Poster for Late for Dinner PG,  1991,  1h 33m,  Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 64% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
64% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
In 1962, Willie Husband (Brian Wimmer) and his brother-in-law, Frank (Peter Berg), go on the lam after their confrontation with heartless land tycoon Bob Freeman (Peter Gallagher) takes a disastrous turn. Willie and Frank end up in Los Angeles, where they are deceived into being cryogenically frozen by a mad scientist. Thirty years later, they are thawed out and must learn to cope with the radically different world of the 1990s as they try to find out what has become of their loved ones.

Critics Reviews

View More
Nell Minow Movie Mom Aug 20, 2003
4/5
Terrible premise, but wonderfully charming performances by Wimmer, Marcia Gay Harden, and Colleen Flynn. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
2.5/4
After spinning its wheels for an hour with unnecessary exposition, Late for Dinner never really develops the emotional material we've been waiting for. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 30, 2005
2/5
Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) Apr 21, 2005
3/5
An awfully sweet little time-travel movie. Go to Full Review
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Aug 29, 2003
2/5
Leonard Klady Movie City News Jul 18, 2003
3/5
Read all reviews
Late for Dinner

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

W.D. Richter

Director

Brian Wimmer

Willie Husband

Peter Berg

Frank Lovegren

Marcia Gay Harden

Joy Husband

Colleen Flynn

Adult Jessica Husband

Kyle Secor

Leland Shakes

More Like This

View All
The Time Guardian 13% The Time Guardian Watchlist Juggernaut 83% 56% Juggernaut Watchlist Cloak and Dagger 80% 41% Cloak and Dagger Watchlist The Nude Bomb 19% 39% The Nude Bomb Watchlist Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine 29% 44% Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Late for Dinner

Late for Dinner (1991) Late for Dinner (1991) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis In 1962, Willie Husband (Brian Wimmer) and his brother-in-law, Frank (Peter Berg), go on the lam after their confrontation with heartless land tycoon Bob Freeman (Peter Gallagher) takes a disastrous turn. Willie and Frank end up in Los Angeles, where they are deceived into being cryogenically frozen by a mad scientist. Thirty years later, they are thawed out and must learn to cope with the radically different world of the 1990s as they try to find out what has become of their loved ones.
Director
W.D. Richter
Producer
W.D. Richter, Dan Lupovitz
Screenwriter
Mark Andrus
Production Co
New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment
Rating
PG
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 29, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.2M
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Surround
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings