A Night in Heaven

A steamy, awkward melodrama that veers into uncomfortable thrills, watching it feels like a guilty pleasure with a sour aftertaste.

Directed by

John G. Avildsen

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Starring

Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren, Robert Logan

Tagline

In class, he's just another face in the crowd. In "Heaven", the hottest dance club in town, he's the main attraction.

Overview

Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where she discovers that one of the dancers is her failing student Rick Monroe, a.k.a. "Ricky the Rocket". A heated affair between teacher & student ensues, as Faye struggles to reconcile her emotions and make consequential life choices: Continue her lustful sessions with the studly-but-shallow teen stripper? Or break it off with Ricky & work to salvage her marriage to the loving-but-distant husband?

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, romantic and cynical. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Obsession, betrayal, identity, love

Content

Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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