Kiss Daddy Good Night

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Movie
German title Kiss Daddy Good Night
Original title Kiss Daddy Goodnight
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1988
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Peter Ily Huemer
script Michael Gabrieli ,
Peter Ily Huemer
production Maureen O'Brien ,
William Ripka
music Don King ,
Arto Lindsay ,
Peter Scherer
camera Bobby Bukowski ,
Douglas Cooper
cut Ila from Hasperg
occupation

Kiss Daddy Good Night (Kiss Daddy Goodnight ) is an American thriller from 1988 . Directed by Peter Ily Huemer , who wrote the script together with Michael Gabrieli .

action

Attractive 20-year-old Laura ( Uma Thurman ) tries to make ends meet in New York in the 1980s. To do this, she has looked for an idiosyncratic opportunity to earn a living: She flirts with rich older men at vernissages, parties and in trendy bars and accompanies them home. Once there, she numbs the unsuspecting victims with a strong sleeping powder, which she discreetly mixes in a drink, and takes whatever she can use from the apartments. Laura hides her livelihood from her friends and mother. She is convinced that nobody knows about this kind of income. She only has social contact with her old friend Sid ( Paul Dillon ), who suddenly appears again and moves into her apartment, as well as with her older neighbor William ( Paul Richards ), who occasionally invites her to dinner in his apartment. Little does she suspect, however, that he has developed a dangerous obsession for her, as she looks like his daughter, who left him some time ago. One evening, Laura is followed after one of her "raids". She realizes that someone is after her. At first she suspects Sid, also because her older neighbor tells her that. When Laura finds her mother dead in her house, she can injure the murderer who is still present with a knife and flees. Arriving at home, she sees Sid covered in blood in the bathroom and, in panic, flees into William's hands. What she does not know: William is her mother's murderer and had arranged to meet Sid in the parking lot of a supermarket to injure him. Laura only realizes all of this at the last minute when she realizes that William is also injured and bleeding. Finally she stabs William, who is harassing her, with a knife.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a " modern variant of" film noir "that was played almost exclusively at night and thus created " an atmosphere of constant threat ". The " somewhat academic, yet skilful game with the set pieces of the genre " refers to " richly varied in tone and image to the great past of American cinema ".

Cinema magazine wrote that Uma Thurman, who made her debut in a feature film, saved the film.

Rotten Tomatoes wrote that the film was " dark " and belonged to the film noir genre.

backgrounds

The audition for this film was Uma Thurman's first audition for a role in a feature film. Thanks to Peter Ily Huemer and Michael Gabrieli, she was immediately engaged. Around 2,300 viewers were counted in German cinemas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kiss Daddy Good Night in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed December 5, 2007
  2. ↑ Cinema, accessed December 5, 2007
  3. ↑ uk.rottentomatoes.com/about, accessed December 5, 2007
  4. ↑ This and That for Kiss Daddy Goodnight, accessed December 5, 2007
  5. ^ Box office / business for Kiss Daddy Goodnight, accessed December 5, 2007