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Quick Info

Rating

5.0/10

Release1988

Runtime1h 33m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$6,264,058

Production

Universal Pictures

20th Century Fox

Movie

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

1988

1h 33m

5.0

Drama

Romance

Synopsis

A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.

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