No Small Affair

Starring:Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, George Wendt, Peter Frechette, Elizabeth Daily, Ann Wedgeworth, Jeffrey Tambor, Tim Robbins, Hamilton Camp, Scott Getlin, Judith Baldwin, Jennifer Tilly, Kene Holliday, Thomas Adams, Myles Berkowitz, Steven James Brown, Joe Cappetta, Jack R. Clinton, Joseph Darling, Tate Donovan
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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Jon "I'm Not Matthew Broderick!" Cryer had what appeared to be a breakthrough role in this diverting but inconsequential romantic comedy. (Still, once you've broken through, you need to follow up, something Cryer didn't manage.) In fact, it proved to be more of a springboard for its other star, a then-little-known soap-opera star named Demi Moore. Cryer plays a high-school photographer with a colossal crush on a budding female rock star (Moore). She thinks he's cute--like a puppy--but he thinks her interest indicates the kind of romantic longing only a teenage boy would fantasize about with an older woman. Still, when her love life tanks, this eager beaver is there to console her, thoroughly misreading her intentions. What wit this film has springs from Cryer's kinetic, fast-talking performance as the kind of perpetually wise-cracking kid that was Broderick's stock-in-trade at that point. Otherwise, it's the kind of story only an adolescent male would find believable and moving. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews:

MASTER OF The Rare Romantic Laserdiscs.......2005-06-23

'Tis One OF My Favorite Comedy/Romantic Movies,I have it on LASER DISC And I have The DVD as well :)

My Funny Valentine.......2005-04-24

This movie wasn't bad for an 80's teen comedy and nearly the entire cast ended up becoming "brand name" actors but my favorite part of this movie was also the scene where Laura sings "My Funny Valentine"...the voice belongs to Chrissy Faith. She is great and is grammy nominated and a world reknowned session singer for Cyndi Lauper and many others. I believe she is much better than a lot of the "Divas" we hear on the radio now like that boring Mariah Carey and mediocre Beyonce Knowles and chicks like Britney who doesn't even have a voice.

No Small Affair.......2005-04-16

What I really like about this movie is the singing of the classic tunes, "My Funny Valentine", to be specific. I would like to know who is the singer, and if there is a soundtrack available from this movie ??

Cryer's 1st picture and one of his best performances!.......2004-06-29

He is EVERY bit as good as one could expect someone that age to be in this endearing romantic comedy.

Grounded Till I'm 40..........2004-06-26

What Jon Cryer had over Matthew Broderick, was his ability to play "Simple Geekieness", in an endearingly awkward sort of way, and in this movie, he's at his most poignant, playing a photography geek, who falls hard, for a women whom he's accidentally photographed, on one of his early morning photography jaunts.

Up to this point, his world had pretty much revolved around his camera, and a dream of using it, to get the money needed to go to photography school in a different city, so he could escape his hum-drum existence and crappy home life, were his mother's new boyfriend is trying to be his "Best Friend", and in peal advice that he doesn't want to hear (as sound and poniant as it may be).

But, enter Demi Moore, a down on her luck rock singer, playing at a dive bar, with big dreams of the big times, hampered by disserting band members, a sleazy bar owner, and very little luck.

And suddenly, Jon Cryer's world changes, as his infatuation grows for Demi, and he becomes obsessed with seeing her dream full filled (whether she wants to let him help her or not). We see his little world, where everything is seen from a distance, through his cameras lens, opens up, and through his struggles to help Demi, we watch him matures from a geeky kid, to a young man

This film has a lot going for it, in comedy of situation, depth of character, and charmingly gratifying story, that makes this a "Must See" film, for 80's nostalgia fans, and any fan of a great comedy with heart.

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