Matinee
1993 · Movie · PG · 99 min · ★ 6.7 · 88% critics
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a flashy movie promoter rolls into a small Florida town with a bargain-basement monster film and turns its premiere into an over-the-top event using in-theater stunts, props, and rubber-suit scares. As nerves run high outside the theater, the show offers locals—especially kids—a funny, nostalgic escape from real-world anxiety.
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Details
- Years
- 1993
- Release date
- 1993-01-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (323 votes)
- Box office
- $9,532,895
- Budget
- $13,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like warm, goofy nostalgia, movie-theater mayhem, and loving riffs on old monster flicks (with a Gremlins-like spirit); Not for you if you want a tightly focused story or grounded drama.
Pros: affectionate B-movie tribute; playful theater gimmicks; energetic, nostalgic tone | Cons: scattered subplots; uneven teen storylines; finale feels chaotic
Themes
- florida
- cold war
- military base
- film in film
- cuban missile crisis
- 1960s
- key west
- bomb shelter
- film director
- teenage protagonist
Cast & crew
John Goodman
as Lawrence Woolsey
Cathy Moriarty
as Ruth Corday / Carole
Simon Fenton
as Gene Loomis
Omri Katz
as Stan
Lisa Jakub
as Sandra
Kellie Martin
as Sherry
Jesse Lee Soffer
as Dennis Loomis
Lucinda Jenney
as Anne Loomis
- JV
James Villemaire
as Harvey Starkweather
Robert Picardo
as Howard
Directed by Joe Dante