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Off Beat

1986 · 92 min

A breezy, amiable comedy of mistaken identity that coasts on charm and light laughs.

Directed by
Michael Dinner
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
The Real Life Adventures Of A Make-Believe Cop.
Overview
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.

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Directed by
Michael Dinner
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • deception
  • love
  • crime
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour6
Realism5
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Michael Dinner
Written by
Mark Medoff
Starring
Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna, John Turturro, Amy Wright, Peter Wise, Harvey Keitel
Music
James Horner
Cinematography
Carlo Di Palma
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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