Love at Large

1990
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

Anne Archer, Tom Berenger, and Elizabeth Perkins in Love at Large (1990)

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Comedy Drama Mystery Romance

Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own ... Read allVampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Tom Berenger has stated that he became very disillusioned about making films after this one got very poor reviews.

Quotes
Stella Wynkowski: Why do you think he has two families?
Harry Dobbs: Most bigamists do.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Joe Versus the Volcano/The Handmaid's Tale/Bad Influence/Coupe De Ville/Love at Large (1990)

Soundtracks
Searching For A Heart
Written and Performed by Warren Zevon

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Poking Fun At Film Noir

If you're a fan of film noir, you should like this 1990 takeoff of those 1940s films with Anne Archer as an exaggerated femme-fatale in distress and private detective Tom Berenger paid to spy on her husband.

It turns out to be a comedy, however, as Berenger tails the wrong guy but finds things interesting as they are. Then Berenger's girlfriend gets nervous and hires a female detective (Elizabeth Perkins) to spy on him, so everyone is watching everyone!

Although there isn't a lot of action, the film never drags and is a good combination of suspense, humor and drama/action. Also nice is the soundtrack, a "Midnight Run" sound with good blues guitar and trumpet plus a Leonard Cohen song to start the film. Good colors add to everything.

On the negative side, I didn't care for the ending regarding Archer, nor understand why she did what she did. Also, everyone in the film is a bit too sleazy. The other fault likes not in the movie but in the DVD which had a very weak transfer. Overall, fun for a couple of looks.