Will K Never have I ever watched a love story where the film doesn't end with a passionate kiss while cinematic music plays. This love story is one of the most raw and authentic portrayals I have seen. Demi Moore and Rob Lowe do an incredible job in this film. We go through their lows and their highs, their triumphs and downfalls. You get to see everything that is wonderful about a relationship, and everything that drives you crazy.Aside from its authenticity, it ends in a great way. It isn't a cheesy ending with butterflies and fireworks, but it ends realistically. The couple fall apart, and the film ends with their effort to start off fresh. It's that chance of hope we see at the end that makes the film so great.The film is incredibly predictable though with some very explicit sex scenes that do nothing but take away from the film. You can be sensual without being explicit. Aside from that and having to stare at Rob Lowe's butt, this is another worthy feature of the 80s.

basildave I heard that this movie was going to be remade this year (2011)... This is yet another example that Hollywood has become bereft of original thoughts. About last night really only works as a period piece of the 1980's (I know it was adapted from a play in the 1970's but the decades weren't that different). If you put to modern a spin on it, it'll lose all it meaning and wind up a parody of itself. There are simply no modern taboo's left to explore in the film industry (unless we start getting into the realm of the illegal). I can't imagine a 2011 version of this story where we put a Snookie like character in for Debbie and another young, empty headed Hollywood body in for Danny. They won't be believable, they won't be likable and the movie will fall on it's face.About last night is a great movie on many levels... It's nostalgic, it's sentimental, it's pretty funny and relatively realistic (especially in terms of the psychology of it's characters). It drags you through the mud but lets you feel clean at the end. Does it use clichéd 1980's sequences? Yes it does! You just have to wallow in them a little.

Michael_Elliott About Last Night... (1986) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Based on David Mamet's play, the film tells the story of Danny (Rob Lowe) and Debbie (Demi Moore) who have a one night stand and then try to build a relationship from it even though both have friends (James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins) warning them against it. You can find hundreds of love stories from the 80s but in my opinion this one here is without question one of the best even though when viewing it today there are a few problems with it. I think the positives are so strong that you can't help but view them as a contemporary classic. For starters, I think Mamet's play is an incredibly strong one that translates to the screen without any trouble and this is due in large part to the terrific screenplay that has some wonderful dialogue. While watching the film there's no question it deserves its R-rating but the dialogue seems incredibly fresh and like something you would actually hear between friends. The raunchy talk between Lowe and Belushi as well as the "other side" of things done in more adult manner between Moore and Perkins. The screenplay gets everything down so right that you can't help but feel you're watching a real relationship over the course of a year and when you see the ups and downs you feel as if this movie is giving it to you pretty straight. Another major plus are the performances and while the actors themselves might disagree, I'd say this is the best work any of them have done. Lowe and Moore make for the perfect couple and both of them make their characters smart, funny and of course at times dramatic. They are wonderful together during the sexual scenes and they really shine once the relationship gets started and of course begins to sour. Belushi is downright hilarious here and you can't help but wish you had a friend like him. Perkins is also very good in her role. The screenplay is all about relationships both sexually and more emotionally and I think the movie does a very good job at handling both of them. You can tell from the way the film was built that it's based on a play but this never hurts the film. Director Zwick does a very good job at handling the romance and mixing it in with the raunchy comedy and more dramatic moments. I think the film does run a bit too long and there's a bit too much music in it but ABOUT LAST NIGHT... is still one of the more memorable love stories of the decade. With the strong screenplay and performances, it still remains rather fresh after all these years.

S.R. Dipaling A warm,summer afternoon at the softball park between two workplace rival companies becomes the make-cute meeting for Debbie(Demi Moore,who,while hardly the greatest actress in the world,can still fit roles and is a perfect fit here),an advertising design artist and Danny(Rob Lowe,as '80s air-fluffed and perfect as ever),a condiments and insundries salesman feel an attraction,first there,then at the usual watering hole haunt. This being still the height of STDs being a "non-topic"(i.e. the mid-'80s,right on top of AIDS becoming a household topic),the attraction is a no-brainer for a one-night stand. But something happens: they find out they like each other and decide to pursue this relationship,much to either the dismay and/or astonishment of their best friends:Debbie's dour,cynical pal Joan(Elizabeth Perkins,one-note here but an EFFECTIVE one note)and Danny's bombastic buddy Bernie(Jim Belushi,having a good ol' time). From there,the course of almost an entire calendar year follows the events play out.Adapted from David Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago",it's pretty easy to notice(particularly to anyone with familiarity of Mr.Mamet's work) that this script is a far more palatable treatment for the screen than what you might've(I have yet to actually see this put to stage off original script)seen on original draft and/or performance. While this movie might turn off theater snobs(and possibly people with a low tolerance for '80s kitsch),anyone with an interest in seeing pretty actors(Lowe and Moore)playing for emotional range(and not doing too badly,IMHO)and solid,not quite looker actors(Belushi and Perkins,though Ms.Perkins HAS softened up over the years,becoming almost vampish looking herself)to sharpen up their acting fangs should be able to appreciate it. Directed by TV and film vet Edward Zwick(with a reworked title AND script from Second City and SNL vet Tim Kazurinsky,who has a cameo),this movie is deceptively advertised as a sex comedy,but actually has a softer,deeper,layered sense of itself. It's a good keeper of a film,worth at least a re-watch or two.