Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.
Blind Date is a formulaic late-80s screwball comedy that follows a predictable escalating-chaos structure. Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger have decent chemistry and carry the film above its thin material, but the plot is entirely by-the-numbers — a series of increasingly outrageous set pieces strung together without much wit or surprise. Blake Edwards directs competently but the cinematography is unremarkable suburban California fare. The jealous ex-lover subplot is a tired device and the resolution is telegraphed well in advance. It's an entertaining but thoroughly disposable comedy that offers little that wasn't already familiar in the genre.