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Night Shift (1982)

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Straight-laced Henry Winkler takes a night-shift job as a morgue attendant. Winkler falls under the spell of wheeler-dealer coworker Michael Keaton, whose catchphrase "Is this a great country or what?" is the clarion call for his many get-rich-quick schemes. His latest plan is to turn the morgue into a nocturnal brothel, for the benefit of anything-goes hooker Shelley Long-and incidentally, to line their own pockets. Director Ron Howard and his frequent scripters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel

R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Comedy

Jun 5, 2001

Warner Home Video

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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (1) | DVD (3)

This is a halfway funny movie, one that's got loads of good gags in its first half and nothing but trouble in its second.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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This isn't as snappily directed or as caustically conceived as the subsequent Risky Business, which has a similar theme, but it's arguably just as sexy and almost as funny.

March 21, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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Oft fun comedy noted for its boost to Michael Keaton's career; early Ron Howard direction.

October 23, 2008 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Winkler turns in the best performance of his career, and Keaton is wonderful.

February 5, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Likeable.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

'Love brokers!' Still Michael Keaton's best role.

October 28, 2005 Comment
Film Threat

This early Ron Howard comedy has no shortage of laugh-out-loud moments thanks to Michael Keaton's unforgettable screen debut as manic wildman Bill Blazejowski.

October 21, 2005 Comment
Fantastica Daily

Keaton's first major role marked him for stardom; and also added to Howard's newly forming directorial stature.

November 16, 2004 Comment
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Howard's first great film. Should have made Winkler a movie star, but alas....

December 12, 2003 Comment
Greenwich Village Gazette

When Michael Keaton's onscreen it's wildly entertaining.

September 18, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Dated comedy offers very little in the chuckle department, with even less in narrative obstruction, but remains interesting only for the early work of now-famed director Ron Howard.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Night Shift

Picture Risky Business in a morgue. Night Shift is funny and has the best message, everyone is their own pimp.

January 18, 2011
theylovealexis

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A very funny movie with an interesting cast, I really liked it.

September 6, 2010
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