Night Shift
Closed CaptioningRon Howard
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Plot Summary
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 turn the potentially lurid story material of Night Shift into an endearing comedy, with winning performances from its three often miscast stars. Keep an eye out during one of the party sequences for Kevin Costner as a carousing college boy.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
95%- Reviews Counted: 19
- Fresh: 18
- Rotten: 1
- Average Rating: 6.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: 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.
Fresh: 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.
Fresh: Likeable.
Customer Reviews
Love this movie, part of my childhood
Thank you itunes for letting us buy this wonderful movie.
Loooove brokers.
This is chuck, telling bill to shut up. Hilarious
This guy was Fonzy!!
What a departure for Winker; still a comedic role, without the bravado. If you're into films like "Buddy, Buddy" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" you'll love this. Its a low budget, high calibre comedy pushing the bounds of social morals. Performances from Long and Winkler are strong, real, and brimming with vulnerabilities. And Keaton does a stellar job as the redoubtable "Id" to Winklers "Ego".
Night Shift
A hilarious film from the early 80s. Winkler, Long, and Keaton are hilarious throughout. A well spun comedic tale with plenty of pitfulls, most of which are the result of Bill "The Idea-man" Blazejowski's (Keaton) outlandish schemes, and the navigating through them and all the relationships contains the magic. Well directed by Howard. I believe if this movie does not make you laugh, then perhaps you are already dead.
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