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Despite its two stellar leads, Into the Night finds director John Landis indulging in far too many gimmicks in lieu of a well-rounded story. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum) leads a joyless existence. He hates his job as an aerospace engineer. To make matters worse, his wife is cheating on him. Well, take heart Ed, your life is about to get a lot more interesting, really fast. While at the airport, he bumps into beautiful but ditsy jewel thief Diana (Michelle Pfeiffer), on the run from an ensemble of thugs (David Bowie, Dan Aykroyd, Roger Vadim) who will stop at nothing to recover the emeralds she has pilfered.

Rating:

R
Genre:

mystery and thriller, comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

John Landis
Writer:

Ron Koslow
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 10, 2016
Runtime:

1h 55m
Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Cast & Crew

Jeff Goldblum
Ed Okin

Michelle Pfeiffer
Diana

Richard Farnsworth
Jack Caper

Irene Papas
Shaheen Parvici

Kathryn Harrold
Christie

Paul Mazursky
Bud Herman

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Critic Reviews for Into the Night

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"Into the Night" features cameo appearances by 11 directors, none of whom had the sense to get behind the camera and help the 12th, John Landis.

January 4, 2018 | Full Review…

Paul Attanasio
Washington Post
The film itself tries sometimes too hard for laughs and at other times strains for shock.

April 10, 2008 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
Pfeiffer in particular takes the sort of glamorous yet preposterous part that generally defeats even the best actress and somehow contrives to make it credible every inch of the way.

April 21, 2007 | Full Review…

Time Out
Maybe what the movie needed was more professional discipline and less geniality. As a rule, it's probably better to throw the party after the filming is finished.

October 23, 2004 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
A little bit of Into the Night is funny, a lot of it is grotesque and all of it has the insidey manner of a movie made not for the rest of us but for moviemakers on the Bel Air circuit who watch each other's films in their own screening rooms.

May 20, 2003 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Vincent Canby
New York Times
Thin and familiar.

January 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
Goldblum, who usually elevates any material, seems asleep at the wheel in a role where his character does virtually nothing but drive Michelle Pfeiffer around wherever she asks him to.

December 13, 2017 | Full Review…

Austin Trunick
Under the Radar
Because of all the cameos and in-jokes, this gimmicky weightless film should appeal to mostly film buffs.

May 3, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
The tone, despite the frequent bloodletting, is light, and the film works better than the script would indicate.

April 10, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
Landis at his most cameo-obsessed and self-indulgent.

March 3, 2006 | Rating: 2/5

Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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August 24, 2005 | Rating: 1/5

Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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July 30, 2005 | Rating: 5/5

Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

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Audience Reviews for Into the Night

Jan 19, 2012

The wilder the script and the concept, the more fun John Landis has with it. Sadly, this is a routine tale that is so average and mild and so-so that Landis' attempts to inject humour only manage to kill off any scrap of tension that was there. Shruggable.

Marcus W Super Reviewer
Aug 23, 2011

Odd combination of Jeff Goldblum, a depressed insomniac whose life is dull, uneventful and his wife is cheating on him, the other person being Michelle Pfeiffer who is a jewel smuggler and has some Iranians after her for some precious stones. The mismatched pair bump into each other, make friends and have to run from the nasty Iranians which leads to all manner of scrapes and tight situations none of which are particularly exciting or original. The film is really quite dull much like Goldblum's performance and doesn't offer anything other than an impressive list of cameos, why? beats me. Pfeiffer and Goldblum don't blend a tall, the action is weak, its naturally very very dated and director Landis is one of the Iranian agents in (I think) his only full movie role.

Phil H Super Reviewer
Apr 09, 2011

A light hearted thriller with a very young Jeff Goldblum, an insomniac who's headed nowhere with his job as an aerospace engineer. He comes home early from work to find his wife in bed with another man. Confused, he drives "into the night," to find himself and instead finds bizarre adventure and intrigue with a hot babe-in-distress Michelle Pfeifer, a jewel smuggler who's on the run from some international thugs (played by an assortment of celebrities such as director Roger Vadim, rock star David Bowie and comedian Dan Aykroyd). Okay, so this is nothing great but it was cute to see that so many directors making brief appearances in the film as well ((one of them is actually "The Fly" remake director David Cronenberg and this film's director John Landis).

Deb S Super Reviewer
Nov 28, 2010

I didn't get the "humor" of this film. It felt like a mess, the overall idea for the film isn't bad, it's just boring to watch.

Marion R Super Reviewer