MYSTERY DATE (1991, 20.20 vision, 93 minutes) MYSTERY Date relies on a combination of youth appeal and teenage angst.
Ethan Hawke plays a shy college student who manages to get a date with his dream girl Teri Polo thanks to the machinations of his brother.
The date, the focal point of this film, turns sour when Hawke finds a body in the boot of the vintage convertible he borrows from his brother.
The performances are more a function of casting rather than thespian ability.
With Hawke and Polo basically reprising previous roles they have played, Mystery Date is a technically passable but ultimately uninspiring film.
THE OPPOSITE SEX (1992, Guild Home Video, 83 minutes) THE Opposite Sex is also another dating film, but based on a different formula.
Arye Gross and Courtney Cox play the couple whose relationship is the focus of The Opposite Sex. Almost the same as About Last Night, this film starts off with the couple getting off on the wrong foot, and finishing with the inevitable marriage proposal.