You have Michael Keaton in his breakout role acting Keaton, at least pre "Clean and Sober" Michael Keaton, with his smart remarks and cheery yet loser persona. The film is based on a true story of a couple of morgue employees caught running a brothel out of the morgue at night. Reviewed by AlsExGal 7 / 10 A star is born. Here's just a couple of lines to pique your interest: "This is Chuck to remind Bill to SHUT UP!" "Call Star-Kist." "Oh, that Barney Rubble.what an actor!" "LOOOVE brokers!" All in all, it's an 80s comedy worth seeking out or rediscovering. Good score (by Burt Bacharach) and songs (by Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager) the songs include "That's What Friends Are For", sung by Rod Stewart, years before it was a hit for Dionne Warwick & Friends. Bush, Charles Fleischer, Vincent Schiavelli, Michael Pataki, Howard himself in dual cameo roles, Shannen Doherty, and Kevin Costner (you have to be quick to spot him) as a frat boy. An impressive amount of familiar faces fill out supporting and bit parts: Gina Hecht, Pat Corley, Bobby Di Cicco, Nita Talbot, Howards' brother Clint, Joe Spinell, Richard Belzer, Grand L. The film does go on for quite a bit but is entertaining enough that you don't feel that much time going by. Long admittedly makes for a rather unlikely hooker, but she still has a lot of appeal here and does look very nice cooking eggs in her underwear. This is great fun all the way through, with Keaton completely stealing the show as Blaze, and getting most of the good lines. So after some thought he agrees to Bills' idea that they should become the pimps for Belinda and all of her gal pals. Her pimp has been knocked off and now her johns are taking advantage of her. Anyway, things take a bizarre turn for Chuck after he's made friends with Belinda (Shelley Long), a sweet hooker who's moved into his building.
Among his ideas are edible paper, therefore cutting down on garbage, and feeding mayonnaise to tunafish. This doesn't last long when he's forced to work the night shift and partnered with wild man Bill "Blaze" Blazejowski (Michael Keaton, in one hell of a film debut), a talkative "idea man".
He's Chuck Lumley, a timid, nerdy type who got stressed out working as an investment counselor and sought the peace and quiet of working in the city morgue. Howards' 'Happy Days' co-star Henry Winkler shines in a part far removed from that of the ultra-cool Fonz. Written by frequent collaborators Lowell Ganz and "Babaloo" Mandel, and marking an early joint effort for him and producer Brian Grazer, "Night Shift" is not only an agreeably saucy film, but the writers and director are also able to mine this material for a lot of heart, and the actors create likable, memorable characters. In my humble opinion, Ron Howard should have tried directing R rated comedies more often during his career as he shows here to have a real knack for it. Reviewed by Hey_Sweden 8 / 10 Is this a great country or what?
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