Matinee overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 1
Synopsis:
John Goodman's full-throttle performance as a William Castle-inspired schlockmeister propels Joe Dante's delightful and charming comedy Matinee. The film takes place during the fall 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a time when America's innocence began to crumble. Goodman plays film producer Lawrence Woolsey, who is in Key West to premiere his latest horror epic, "Mant," the story of a man who turns into a giant insect ("Half Man! ... Half Ant! ... All Terror!"). He's busy rigging the local movie theater with all manner of gimmicks, such as Atomo-Vision and Rumble-Rama, and stationing a buxom nurse -- played by Woolsey's girlfriend and leading lady Ruth (Cathy Moriarty) -- in the lobby to assist potential heart attack victims.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Joe Dante
- Studio: Universal
- Year: 1992
- Run Time: 98 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Set in: Key West, FL
- MPAA Rating: PG (for language, and for mild violence and sensuality)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
- Filmed in: Color
