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Late For Dinner

Late For Dinner (1991)

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W.D. Richter directed this comedy-drama in the spirit of Back to the Future and Peggy Sue Got Married. The film opens in Santa Fe in 1962, where Willie (Brian Wimmer) and Joy Husband (Marcia Gay Harden) are a cute couple living in familial bliss with their five-year-old daughter. When evil land-developer Bob Freeman (Peter Gallagher) tries to turn their bliss into blight, a gun goes off and Willie flees to Los Angeles with his dim-witted brother-in-law Frank (Peter Berg), convinced he has

PG, 1 hr. 33 min.

Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

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Apr 29, 1992

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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An awfully sweet little time-travel movie.

April 21, 2005 Comment
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Terrible premise, but wonderfully charming performances by Wimmer, Marcia Gay Harden, and Colleen Flynn.

August 20, 2003 Comment
Nell Minow
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A fun little movie.

August 17, 2008
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Tim Salmons

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An interesting movie.

January 6, 2008
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