Ritter has always been a grade a peckerwood who thinks he's a comedian ... i only watched this movie because of shannon tweed and connie sellecca are two beautiful women that perform well in whatever they do ... the rest is truly bad including that putz scott bakula
The Last Fling
1987
Action / Comedy / Romance
The Last Fling
1987
Action / Comedy / Romance
Plot summary
Attorney Phillip Reed is tired of one night stands. He then meets a woman at the zoo, Gloria Franklin who is getting married in 2 weeks. When she meets Phillip, she lies to him and tells him that her name is Marsha Lyons. The two hit it off right away and Gloria/Marsha tells him she'll call him. Gloria/Marsha doesn't ever plan on ever calling him. But Gloria/Marsha is enraged that her fiancé is cheating on her, so she decides to call Phillip and invites him to go to Acapulco, Mexico with her for the weekend and the two have an adventure getting there when the car they rented breaks down and catches on fire. Then they hitch a ride with some local farm workers. Finally, they make it to a beautiful home that is owned by Gloria/Marsha's parents. They have a blast in Acapulco, dining and dancing, eventually winding up in bed together. The next morning, Phillip gets up looking for Gloria/Marsha who has already left. Phillip finds out via a video tape explanation left by Gloria/Marsha that she's getting married next week and that he was supposed to be her last fling. Phillip then tries to find her. When he finally does, he tries to stop the wedding and convince Gloria that they belong together. In the end, Gloria leaves her unfaithful fiancé at the altar and she and Phillip go for a walk in the zoo where they first met.
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total bust because of ritter
GREAT romantic comedy. :-)
Notice that there is no Goofs section for this film. What would be the point of it? :-)
John Ritter and bella Italian-American signorina Connie Sellecca were perfect for this film. John plays a divorce lawyer looking for The One and tells super-sexy predatory blonde SHANNON TWEED good-bye - that she's just not his type.
A cute scene in the movie is when his mom - worrying that he might be secretly gay - tries to set him up with an also tall and blonde & beautiful but very provincial and linguistically challenged Norwegian girl.
So a day or two later he's wandering around the zoo and encounters this BEAUTIFUL brunette and instantly falls in love with her. She's kind and promises she'll call him - not wanting to break his heart by telling him her wedding is in 8 days!
In the meantime, her boorish fiance - who has a good provider practical income but is picky around their apartment - decides to go to Las Vegas for a bachelor party last fling ... and when she telephones his hotel room, a girl answers.
SO she decides to have HER last fling and gives John a call, suddenly suggesting they go to her relatives' place in Acapulco and giving him a false name.
And then they fall in love, but she's gone the next morning, leaving a video telling him why she must leave and they mustn't see each other ever again.
Needless to say, Our Hero launches on his Quest to find her and save her from a loveless, practical marriage for their true love ... and it only gets funnier, crazier, and then happier with every scene. :-)
Actually, I had a similar experience with an (older) Italian-American girl 50 some years ago, albeit with a different outcome.
I was in Washington DC out-processing from West Point and walked into a government office building looking for a rest room. I passed an open door, and there was this BEAUTIFUL young Italian-looking (and indeed so) brunette leaning over a counter in an unbuttoned lab coat ... which did not conceal her beauty. (Think Monica Bellucci and Sophia Loren ... and Connie Sellecca ... or an equally beautiful blend of them all.)
To her startlement, I walked right in and we had a delightful conversation, and after her shift was over she took me to her apartment and showed me around, but nothing happened. (I was 18 and ... very shy. I think she was 21.) She finally said her roommate was coming, wanted me to leave before she arrived, and promised to meet me for lunch the next day.
And so I got a pass the next day to go downtown again, and we indeed met. She seemed extremely nervous and kept looking over her shoulder. Finally, she said that her family owed a Mafia family a lot of money, she was betrothed to the Mafia family's son, and if they found out then terrible things would happen to her and her family ... and we had to say good-bye. She was REALLY scared..
I said I understood, wished her all the best, and we parted in sweet sorrow.
I hope she is well and had many equally beautiful daughters.
About 35 years later, a Mafia son got another sweet and beautiful girl - although not for marriage - I felt/fell in love with, this time an Anglo girl.
However, The Last Fling has a much happier ending. :-)
funny film
This film is predicable and very dated. It looks like a 1980's TV episode. But it is also at times very funny. This film has several great moments of laugh-out-loud slapstick humor. John Ritter is terrific, as is Paul Sand in a small supporting role.