First time watch, and if Letterboxd ever does a Showdown for Best Vegetable Chopping Scene, I have my pick.
Other than that, this is not for me.
The Long Kiss Goodnight
What's forgotten is not always gone.
Rating
3.5 (2)
Release Date
10/11/1996Runtime
121 minsOverview
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$65,000,000Revenue
$89,456,761Homepage
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How It Feels
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A schoolteacher with amnesia discovers she's a lethal CIA assassin and embraces her violent past to protect those she loves. It's a darkly comic action romp that balances genuine stakes with tongue-in-cheek charm, anchored by a protagonist who owns her power.
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ExhilaratingDefiantBittersweetPlayful
Themes
IdentityRedemptionComing apartFamily
Tone
Comedic
Pacing
Brisk
Look
Stylized genreHandheld
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual content
Geena Davis
Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore
Samuel L. Jackson
Mitch Henessey
Yvonne Zima
Caitlin Caine
Craig Bierko
Timothy
Tom Amandes
Hal
Brian Cox
Dr. Nathan Waldman
Patrick Malahide
Leland Perkins
David Morse
Luke / Daedalus
Joseph McKenna
One-Eyed Jack
Melina Kanakaredes
Trin
Dan Warry-Smith
Raymond
Kristen Bone
Girl #1
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