The Morning After

1986, Movie, R, 103 mins

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Alex Sternbergen (Jane Fonda), an aging alcoholic actress who never quite became a movie star, wakes one morning after a binge to find a bloody corpse next to her in bed. She doesn't recognize the man or remember anything about the night before, and, rather than face the cops, she tries to disappear. When she can't get a seat on a plane, she ends up with Turner Kendall (Jeff Bridges), a former policeman whose career ended when he was stabbed in the shoulder. Turner helps Alex reconstruct the events of the fateful night and, predictably, they fall in love. Borrowing somewhat from the premise of THE JAGGED EDGE, this Sidney Lumet-directed thriller never really captures the suspense of that film (which also starred Bridges), despite a performance by Fonda that was strong enough to earn her an Oscar nomination. Raul Julia plays Fonda's estranged hairdresser husband. leave a comment
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