Quick thoughts on Night Shift(1982)

Night Shift was one of those 80's comedy movies that always slipped by me. Finally last night I toke a chance and gave it a view. And let me tell you, i was completely surprised by it. It wasn't a cheap 80's comedy but really a clever plot, that was over the top at parts, but had real emotion and it's a great second movie by Ron Howard.



The plot deals with Chuck(played by Henry Winkler),whose is switched from day shift to nite shift at the morgue. On his first nite there he meets his coworker Bill(Micheal Keaton),a hyper guy with big bizarre ideas and a mouth that never stops.Bill starts using the morgue car as a cash cow for limo driving,while at the same time Chuck meets his hooker neighbor Belinda(Shelley Long) who's having pimp trouble,So bill,the smart man he is, hatches a plan for chuck and him to become nice pimps"love brokers",while using and working at the morgue.



Casting in the movie is great. Henry Winkler is quiet and loves quiet, but slowly thur out the movie he grows and enjoys life more even thou hes starting to have stress attacks over the whole pimp love brokers ring. Micheal Keaton is a real show stealer, as he soon becomes the real reason to watch the movie. Hes just so full of life and over the top you just can't help but watch him.



Shelley Long is sexy as ever and it's no wonder why Chuck falls for her character.Plus the oj scene with eggs. She along with Henry and Micheal have perfect comedy timing. Shes a smooth character and trully a hooker with a heart of gold.

A stand out scene to me has to be Bill's speech and class on prostitution,just Keaton's delivery and fall out asking to see everyones boobs,is a act of cinema magic. Along with that scene, theres the chuck to bill shut up scene. In a way it sums up a chunk of the movie and how it jumps from comedy to drama smoothly. It's simply Henry at his funniest.



Another thing that stands out about Night Shift is it's Ron Horward's second true movie. Horward has always been a hit and miss director to me,but this movie is truly a hit, it's snappy and fun, but true and serious when it needs to be. Check it out.