This is a romance based on a David Mamet play but Mr. Kazurinski and his companion produced the adaptation that we see in the movie. Fortunately I'd say, for not so many people would like the bitterness of the original. Instead, we have much of the sarcasm but with a not so expected happy ending. Personally I find the story very simple, real and humane. It is from the simple things than we are able to look higher.

Director Edward Zwick's "About Last Night" is a little bit more difficult to rate than your average movie. Despite for the most part, an annoying Jim Belushi character, the movie has quite a few good moments. The writing is good in spots as is the romance. There's a great scene at a diner "joint" that hits it right. Demi Moore and Rob Lowe indeed look fabulous physically - maybe the best I've ever seen each of them in any movie. One scene in particular of both of them standing on raised platform Chicago train station in snow and winter during the latter half of the movie is simply spectacular. However, they are little over-their- heads in the talent level needed to carry the movie. Both Lowe and Moore sometimes come off either not emotional enough or too emotional. They are decent actors, but not excellent. Elizabeth Perkins in for support may not look as beautiful as Moore, but she's clearly the better actress, and Belushi is again kind of annoying for the most part as the vulgar comic relief. The movie is certainly an 80s splash, with requisite MTV soundtracks and cussing - detractably so. But The drama is there and despite not hitting the stride, or sometimes mis-acted, it carries things. Mildly worth a watch; it's nice to catch a decent 80s drama that I haven't seen and like it overall. Recommended. 6.5/10

I had nightmares that my future dates would turn into the emotional relationship epic portrayed in this film. But, alas, it never happened (fortunately).I don't have too much to say about this film, other than it's a window at how young couples used to frolic during the cultural renaissance that was the 1980s. When PCs were just becoming household items, cell phones were still big bulky affairs the size of military walkie talkies, Star Wars was still the premier sci-fi property while Star Trek lived on in re-runs. Noriega and Santiago were the bad guys of the era instead of the now deceased bin Laden and Hussein, and the Russkies were still communists.Things weren't a whole lot easier then. In fact, in spite of the lack of technology that we have today, I would say things probably got a bit more complicated on a social and interpersonal level between societies. But man and woman will always be male and female, and the convolutions of tip-toeing or barreling straight into a relationship while trying to find a way out of any previous attachment is the soup d'jour. Rob Lowe gives us the inner city good looking guy trying to make good who is, for whatever reason, unattached. Demi Moore's character, on the other hand, has a touch of either caring-mercenary as she plays with her superiors, or a naivete and care free spirit about whom she dates. The two meet. Sparks fly. Bodies entangle. Emotions flair. But will they stay together, and how will this effect their friends? Isn't that what all chick flicks are about?On the fringe in this tumultuous relationship are the dysfunctional friends. One obsessive and possessive, the other just highly immature for a grown man. Both of whom are vicariously living through their friends. How will this spice or dilute the lovers' romance? Anyway, yeah, this is how I remember the 80s... er, somewhat at least. I was never part of that singles scene, but I did witness it from a distance and smirked.It's a fine film about a slice of life that came and went. It's very well acted for what it is. Very solid performances, but nothing in regards to high drama. Nobody's dying here, it's just a tale of everyday happenings of a young couple, and how they navigate the hurts and loves of themselves and those around them.Not my favorite film, but it's a decent watch.Enjoy.

About Last Night casts Rob Lowe and Demi Moore as a pair of 20 somethings living and working on the north side of Chicago. Rob is a salesperson for restaurant supplies and a pretty good one. But he lacks a college education and is reluctant to go back to school. He's also deathly afraid of commitment which means marriage and all that brings.But after he and Demi after a night's kanoodling which they agree is the best they each ever had, she moves in with him. The sex is fabulous, but can they learn to both like and tolerate each other?Each has a best friend that is working for mixed motives to sabotage the relationship. Lowe's best friend is Jim Belushi who's a cheerful hedonist and just doesn't want to lose his best friend and co-worker as a partner in debauchery. Demi's best friend is Elizabeth Perkins who just thinks Lowe is too good and too good looking to be true. She's been through the mill and does break up with a man during the film. She's concerned about Moore, but I think Perkins is a little jealous as well.About Last Night is taken from an off Broadway play by David Mamet who had more of a serious examination of human relations in mind than this brat pack film. Still as a brat pack film, it's pretty good and the location shooting in Chicago certainly helps. We even get to see some of the rooftop locations where one can see a ballgame in that most famous of north side landmarks, Wrigley Field.It might not be David Mamet's vision, but About Last Night is an all right film comedy from the Eighties. And no film that has Wrigley Field can ever be bad.