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Choose Me

Choose Me

Romance · Comedy · Drama · 1984

Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.

Movie details

Choose Me

“In the middle of the night, when there's no one else...”

1984 Romance · Comedy · Drama 1h 46m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.7 / 10

3.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

95 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Choose Me?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Alan Rudolph

Written by

Alan Rudolph

Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold

Nancy

Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine

Mickey

Lesley Ann Warren

Lesley Ann Warren

Eve

Patrick Bauchau

Patrick Bauchau

Zack Antoine

Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong

Pearl Antoine

John Larroquette

John Larroquette

Billy Ace

Edward Ruscha

Edward Ruscha

Ralph Chomsky

Court is in session

Put Choose Me on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.