Nadine

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Nadine

PG,

1987,

1h 23m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Comedy

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50%

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27%

1,000+ Ratings

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Hairdresser Nadine Hightower (Kim Basinger) wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she visits the photographer (Jerry Stiller) at his office, he's murdered by an intruder. Nadine talks her estranged husband, Vernon (Jeff Bridges), into going along when she returns to the office, where they stumble across plans for a less than legal construction project. But when Vernon tries to turn the documents into a cash windfall, he and Nadine are pursued by goons with guns.

Joel E. Siegel

Chicago Reader

May 9, 2022

0/4

If only Benson had a more dynamic visual style, he could cross over to directing TV spots. But since his dim imagination and dead eye are not up to that exacting task, I suggest he might be most fruitfully employed drawing Cokes at some concession stand.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

2.5/4

I didn't laugh very much in this movie. There were a couple of genuinely funny moments, but they didn't build and the movie didn't redeem itself by making me very interested in the characters.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 13, 2026

2/4

As in the same year’s Blind Date and the following year’s My Stepmother Is an Alien, Kim Basinger proves to be by far the best thing in a mediocre comedy.

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Molly Haskell

Video Review

Aug 5, 2022

3/4

Writer-director Benton’s feeling for the endless surprises of domestic intimacy (Kramer vs. Kramer) and the built-in resilience of Southern communal life (Places in the Heart) come together in this lighthearted mock-thriller.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jul 25, 2015

B-

The uneven, insubstantial slapstick comedy is good for a few chuckles playing the white trash joke card.

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

Jul 3, 2005

3/5

An innocuous little wisp of a romantic comedy, spiced up with some chases, escapes, and even a few gunfights.

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Robert Benton

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Jeff Bridges

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Kim Basinger

Nadine Hightower

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Synopsis

Hairdresser Nadine Hightower (Kim Basinger) wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she visits the photographer (Jerry Stiller) at his office, he's murdered by an intruder. Nadine talks her estranged husband, Vernon (Jeff Bridges), into going along when she returns to the office, where they stumble across plans for a less than legal construction project. But when Vernon tries to turn the documents into a cash windfall, he and Nadine are pursued by goons with guns.

Director: Robert Benton
Producer: Arlene Donovan
Screenwriter: Robert Benton
Production Co: TriStar Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.7M
Runtime: 1h 23m

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