Review of A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988) by River D — 14 Apr 2015

Not one of the movies people worship River for I'd guess.

This review of A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988) was written by River D on 14 Apr 2015.

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Holly B (186) on 21 Jun 2007

Im back im back im back for the pimps and whores…

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By Arum Padma O (136) on 19 Nov 2008

A mess of a teen movie but with that cast?! Watch it anyway! hehe…

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By Kevin H (1,172) on 31 Dec 2007

What can I say, the late River Phoenix in his best role as a teen-hipster circa 1962 Bopin around in the Windy City…

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By Sarah M (1,063) on 28 Jun 2007

Not the greatest work from River Phoenix but he is still hot in it…

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By Lewis H (85) on 09 Jun 2007

This movie was really strange, but I still kind of liked it…

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By Dead I (2) on 24 Mar 2006

Not alot of River fans liked this, River even regretted doing it himself, but putting aside the bad press I thought Jimmy Reardon was lighthearted…

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By Jaimee S (16) on 17 Feb 2008

I think River Phoenix was beyond this. His performance and looks were cute but I know he had more potential to do a better film…

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By ?Julie? (33) on 10 May 2008

River NEVER regretted doinfg this movie...It was not supposed to be like this, many changes now with the REAL original version from William…

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By Cynde? (1) on 15 Jul 2008

U KNOW I NEVER THOT RIVER WOULD PLAY A CHARACTER LIKE THE ONE HE DID IN THIS MOVIE!! OH WELL HE ROCKED AT IT!!! I REALLY LOVED THIS MOVIE…

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By Private U (13,627) on 21 Jul 2007

River Phoenix is Jimmy -funny, clever & charming! he has the girl, but she's a bit of a prude so one can't blame him for what he does…

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