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Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

Mystery Date (1991)

Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

Shat on Entertainment

Film Reviews, 80s, Shermerhighschool, Sixteencandles, Movies, Tv & Film, Weirdscience, Breakfastclub, Vcr, Johnhughes, Vhs, 90s, Classicmovies

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week on Shat the Movies, it’s a date night gone completely off the rails with Mystery Date (1991)! Ethan Hawke stars as a shy teen whose dream night with the girl next door spirals into chaos involving mistaken identity, a dead body, and a punk club performance by Gwar. Gene and Big D unpack the movie’s strange tone, chaotic plot, and missed opportunities for greatness. From creepy crushes to club culture, this dark comedy has more surprises than a trunk full of corpses. Does it hold up, or should this movie stay forgotten? Tune in to find out!.

Plot Summary:
Teenage Tom McHugh (Ethan Hawke) is madly in love with his ravishing next-door neighbor, Geena Matthews (Teri Polo), but becomes hopelessly tongue-tied whenever she’s around. When his parents go away on an impromptu road trip, his suave law student brother shows up and begins coaching Tom on how to pick up women. Things are going great until Tom discovers a body in the trunk of his brother’s car, and his perfect date with Geena takes multiple turns for the worse.

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0:00.0

And that is why everyone should send each other nudes right off the bat.

0:06.7

I like that.

0:08.8

Let's do it.

0:10.0

Send your nudes to host at chatpod.com.

0:13.2

Remember when we first met John McLean?

0:16.3

Argyll picked him up from the plane and took him down the Nakatomi Tower at the Christmas party.

0:23.7

And the terrorists were overzealous, but it was sweet when they killed Ellis.

0:29.3

And with a little help from Allen, John McClain came dies.

0:33.6

Welcome back to Shat the Movies, the podcast where we answer the question where the movies we'd love when we were growing up really that good. Have you ever caught yourself thinking, why don't they make movies like they used to? Can you still remember spending your Friday night searching for the perfect movie rental of Blockbuster Video? Do you know what Blockbuster Video is? If you answered yes, and this is the podcast for you, I am one of your hosts, Gene Lyons,

1:12.6

and alongside me is my co-host, Big D, Dick Ebert. Good evening. And each week, we take a look back in time to decide if our favorite films still hold up. The movies we cover are chosen by you, the listeners, who generously commission the films you love. If you'd like to see all the movies we have covered, we'll cover, want to choose one for yourself. Please visit chatpod.com and have a look. At the end of each podcast, we'll provide you the audience with a number of wipes each movie take to get off your respective butts. So, thank you so much for listening. If you have not already, hit that subscribe button to share with a friend. It's how we help the podcast grow. Additionally, subscribe to our sister podcast, Shat on TV, or review TV series such as Westworld, taboo, American Gods, Game of Thrones, true detective, love cover country, and watchmen. Find all information and past episodes at chatpod.com slash TV. And finally, if you would like to hang out with us live, follow and subscribe to our Twitch channel, chatpod.com slash Twitch and our YouTube channel

1:44.8

where we play video games, host watch parties, and edit this podcast live.

1:49.1

All that being said, Big D, what movie are reviewing tonight?

1:53.6

So, Gene, before we hit record here, I was deciding not to have a drink.

1:58.0

And I said, you know what?

1:59.5

We're going on a date night today,

2:00.8

you and I together. So I thought I'd get a nice big glass of Pinogrisia to enjoy with you.

2:07.0

For you and I have been requested by Ben from New Hampshire to review the 1991 American Dark

2:14.6

Comedy dating film Mystery Date.

2:22.4

I, too, decided to follow the date night theme and showed up with a monster.

2:24.0

White one.

2:25.3

The best one.

2:26.5

The only one people should drink.

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