Have you ever seen it? It’s about a little girl (Eliza Dushku!) who idolizes her teenage neighbor Sherry (Juliette Lewis!) and becomes infatuated with Sherry and her boyfriend Rick (C. Thomas Howell!). It’s based on an Alice McDermott novel – I read the book a very long time ago and I remember it being wonderful too, albeit far less sweet and dreamy than the movie. That Night the movie’s kinda like a pop song, and there’s great pop songs in it, like “Dream Baby” by Roy Orbison. I think about the movie a lot when I’m working on the story I’m writing for my UCLA class with my amazing teacher, and will probably end up hugely ripping it off (in a loving and righteous sort of way).
That Night‘s not on Netflix but you can rent it on the Amazon Instant Video thing, and you really should, this weekend. Here’s some more screencaps:
