Late for Dinner (1991)
Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police are pursuing them to realise what they are doing. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).
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Perfect cast and a good story
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
In 1962 Willie Husband (Brian Wimmer) and brother in law Frank Lovegren (Peter Berg) are cryogenically frozen because they believe the police are after them. They're accidentally thawed out in 1991. They quickly learn what's happened but Willie goes to find his wife...but will his wife still be alive or accept him? There's no doubt about it--this is a whopper of a story but if you can accept it you might be caught up in it. I saw it in a small theatre back in 1991 and its easy-going, laid-back and romantic approach charmed me. It still holds up all these years later! The movie is very quiet and (obviously) quirky but I loved it. The actors are all good. They play it in a matter of fact way that works beautifully with the story. There's also a good selection of old romantic songs playing once in a while in the background...but they never overdo it. They play just enough to get you in the mood. This came (and went) quickly back in 1991 but it deserves to be discovered. A sweet, quirky romantic comedy drama. I give it a 9.
Brian Wimmer and Peter Berg star as best friends Willie and Frank. In 1962 Willie is unemployed with a wife and daughter and is about to lose his home and Frank is his mentally challenged brother-in-law with a bad kidney. While running from a crime they didn't commit, they meet Dr. Chilblains. The Dr., eager to try out his cryonics theory, promises Frank he'll wake up and be able to get a new kidney after a restful sleep while Willie is unconscious and unaware of what he has been committed to. The story evolves as they wake up in 1991 and find they've slept for 29 years and seek to get back to the loved ones they left behind.I think this movie is lovely. It's a reminder of simple times and the power of love and family. I saw it back in 1991 at the theater when it came out and have been thinking of it now and again for years - more so recently - so I finally broke down and bought the DVD. It is reminiscent of Forever Young, but Forever Young came out a year after this one and is very big-budget, Hollywood. I like this film much more. The characters are believable and really pull you into the story. It's definitely a sleeper and very good for weekend afternoon viewing. It is now my guilty pleasure as well.
Boring, boring, boring. Predictable in every way. The time travel angle was not at all exploited for drama nor comedy, which made it less believable than "Back to the Future". "Wow, this telephone has push buttons! I shall evoke laffs by trying to move my finger in a rotary fashion over them." "What's that? It's an airplane! This world is amazing!" Much worse, the two main characters were not sympathetic; they were losers and I didn't care at all what happened to them. The retarded brother angle didn't evoke any sympathy either; rather than make me care about their lives and care that they overcome great odds to avoid unjust persecution, etc., I would have preferred that they both contract cryogenic cancer and die. Quickly. Bored, I walked out of the theater, which I *never* do.
This is the kind of movie you can spend wrapped in your other half's arms and enjoy. Too bad it has not been released in DVD.Watching a land tycoon try to ruin the life of a hard working man that is put out of work makes you think this is what can happen in the real world. What a way to get over on people and think because you have money and power you can do what you want. Going through what they went through with loosing many years of life and having the determination to get what is left back, makes you love this movie for what is worth. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you care for other people close to you. This movie was put in my top 10 without even trying. The cast could not have been better. The way you feel about them by the end of this event will make you watch this movie every time you feel the need.