That Night 1992

That Night 1992

I love Juliett Lewis, I think she picks her films incredibly well and from a young age just had that certain something special, and I've always had a crush on Pony boy from 'The Outsiders' so I was obviously bound to love this film. Although most TV movies are shit Ive noticed a lot of TV movies in the late 80s early 90's are some how set in the 50's and are done pretty well. 

This film is set in Long Island and revolves around a blonde bomb shell Sheryl who's father dies and falls in love with the towns bad boy Rick (how cliche but the guilty pleasure I have for these kind of films are untold) who works in the local bowling alley and is a greaser. Although the film is about their romantic relationship and how Lewis's character has a baby at wedlock the films real protagonist is a young preteen Alice Bloom who lives opposite Sheryl and follows her every move from what time she gets in to how she does her hair and makeup. Alice is bullied by all the other kids in her neighbourhood and is pretty sad and neglected by her parents but one night she finds her self lying for Sheryl and from then on somehow gets entangled and enwrapped with the two lovers lives and plays a major key role in their relationship towards the end.

I feel like in the late 80's-90's there was a surge of era films set in the 70's or 50's like Matt Dillon starrs in a  lot of them like 'Over the Edge' or 'Rumble Fish' and I'm an absolute fish bate for these kind of films. If you want something easy thats bitter sweet to watch 'That Night' is the cure. <3