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Au revoir à jamais

Original title: The Long Kiss Goodnight
  • 1996
  • 12
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
90K
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Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson in Au revoir à jamais (1996)
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Government agents come after an amnesiac woman, who gradually remembers her past.Government agents come after an amnesiac woman, who gradually remembers her past.Government agents come after an amnesiac woman, who gradually remembers her past.

  • Director
    • Renny Harlin
  • Writer
    • Shane Black
  • Stars
    • Geena Davis
    • Samuel L. Jackson
    • Yvonne Zima
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    90K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,232
    595
    • Director
      • Renny Harlin
    • Writer
      • Shane Black
    • Stars
      • Geena Davis
      • Samuel L. Jackson
      • Yvonne Zima
    • 378User reviews
    • 111Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Geena Davis
    Geena Davis
    • Samantha Caine (Charly)
    Samuel L. Jackson
    Samuel L. Jackson
    • Mitch Henessey
    Yvonne Zima
    Yvonne Zima
    • Caitlin
    Craig Bierko
    Craig Bierko
    • Timothy
    Tom Amandes
    Tom Amandes
    • Hal
    Brian Cox
    Brian Cox
    • Nathan
    Patrick Malahide
    Patrick Malahide
    • Perkins
    David Morse
    David Morse
    • Luke…
    Joseph McKenna
    Joseph McKenna
    • One-Eyed Jack
    Melina Kanakaredes
    Melina Kanakaredes
    • Trin
    Dan Warry-Smith
    Dan Warry-Smith
    • Raymond
    Kristen Bone
    Kristen Bone
    • Girl #1
    Jennifer Pisana
    • Girl #2
    Rex Linn
    Rex Linn
    • Man in Bed
    Alan North
    Alan North
    • Earl
    Edwin Hodge
    Edwin Hodge
    • Todd Henessey
    Bill MacDonald
    • Hostage Agent
    Gladys O'Connor
    • Alice
    • Director
      • Renny Harlin
    • Writer
      • Shane Black
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    7paul_m_haakonsen

    It just keeps being enjoyable after all these years...

    Well, sitting down to watch the 1996 movie "The Long Kiss Goodnight" for the third or fourth time since it was originally released, I have to say that director Renny Harlin's movie is every bit as enjoyable and entertaining today as it was back in the day.

    The storyline written by Shane Black is very enjoyable, and it is one that immediately draws in the audience and takes the audience along on an action-packed ride throughout a very nicely constructed, written and told plot and storyline. And this makes "The Long Kiss Goodnight" a very watchable movie.

    And also the cast ensemble in "The Long Kiss Goodnight" makes the movie all the more enjoyable. I mean, you have Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson in the leading roles, and they carry this movie phenomenally together. And the movie also have the likes of Brian Cox, David Morse and Craig Bierko on the cast list as well.

    The pacing of the narrative throughout the movie is good and rather nicely paced, and the storyline has that quality to it which makes it a movie that you can watch multiple times, and the movie keeps being as enjoyable with each viewing. I will actually say that this is definitely one of the more memorable movies of the mid-1990s.

    If you haven't already seen "The Long Kiss Goodnight", then you most certainly should do so, should you find yourself with the opportunity to do so.

    My rating of "The Long Kiss Goodnight" lands on a seven out of ten stars.
    7hitchcockthelegend

    You foxy bitch!

    Samantha Caine, schoolteacher, mother, suffering from amnesia, suddenly finds the impetus to track down her former life after an attempt is made on her life. It's going to be explosive......

    Absolute preposterous nonsense laced with explosions, cringe worthy dialogue and Geena Davis as an all killing assassin bitch. Is it any good? Oh yes indeed! Directed by Mr Unsubtle-Renny Harlin {Davis' then husband} and written by one Shane Black {Lethal Weapon, Last Boy Scout & Kiss Kiss Bang Bang}, is it any wonder that the Long Kiss Goodnight is ear splittingly loud and funny as hell?

    Davis plays Sammy "home-maker" Caine who teams up with a superbly seedy Samuel L. Jackson as ex-bent copper, ex-convict, Mitch Henessey. Their mission, which they choose to accept, involves rekindling Samantha's past life as an assassin called Charly Baltimore and unearthing shady government conspiracies. Shot against a bitter winter backdrop on the East Coast, with the Christmas setting oddly adding potency, our wonderful duo take us on one hell of a ride. Davis excels as a sexy action heroine while Jackson is content, and impactingly so, to let Davis basically kick buttocks as he plays perfect side-kick foil. Harlin, this after the critically savaged Cutthroat Island, knows how to construct action scenes, check out the train station scene and a tanker on the run heart pumper. But it's with Shane Black's screenplay that the film primarily entertains. Full of one line zingers and role reversal put downs, you should be laughing as your eyes and ears are assaulted in popcorn bonanza.

    Mindless all action fun. 7.5/10
    blissfilm

    A Great Film

    I disagree with the reviewer who said this film is not for the "cerebrally-minded." I happen to be somewhat the cerebral type, and I think this is a great film; I love it and have seen it many times.

    For me, the great things about this film add up to a woman with a full-on assertive, resourceful personality. Of course the drama is all about the wonderful mother and teacher discovering something else true about herself - and learning to merge the two once she "remembers herself." In the end, her love for her daughter and the tender nurturing person she is merges with the resourceful assertive person who is willing to fight and not give up. Even her daughter has taken on the "don't give up" when Mom is down. I would think there's a part in many of us women that can relate to all of this. And that might explain the box office failure and the rerun hit: women had to discover what I imagine was billed as a pure action film

    Samuel L. Jackson is his own type of hero, flaws and all, and nobody could say enough about him. He's another complex character: down-to-earth with a street reality perspective, lower than the average poor man's detective and fairly desperate himself. And yet heroic in the clinch and full of his own kind of love and respect for what he values in women. He's just the man to take her on, and let her know when she's -not- okay. The characters pair in a sort of perfectly out-of-the-box way. So, this "cerebral type" says that this is great writing in terms of characters and storyline. And the violence is an integral part of those characters and story, not added flash or excitement that doesn't tell us anything about their lives or the urgency of their experiences.

    And, last but not least, this is a comedy! Great dialogue (and I don't know who else could have played it like Jackson). So take that glitzy action as part of what makes a comedy work here!
    7vivesi-1

    Needs historical perspective (even tho it's only 7 yrs old)

    This movie was one of the bridges to the contemporary action movie that has no plot at all and is unabashed about that fact. It is the melding between the 90s attempt at plot and the ever-increasing tendency for all violence all the time with some hot babe shots thrown in. Viewed from the perspective of today's movies with their plasticine-looking heroes and heroines, Davis and Jackson come off as nostalgically genuine and charming.

    There are some real laugh out loud moments in this movie, though, and there's a sense of joy in the script and the performances, as if they were having a good time. Action movies/TV today seem like somber enterprises where everyone takes themselves much, much too seriously. (Jennifer Garner projects, for example.)

    The movie is a lot of fun and pretends to be nothing else. It was even advertised at the time as a fun movie (tho I've just now watched it, I've seen the previews recently.) I don't understand the poor reviews that seem to compare it to great, serious filmmaking when it was not even marginally aimed at that genre.
    White Dolphin

    Enjoyable Thriller

    I was about to go to sleep while I flicked through the channels one last time and happened to catch the beginning of "The Long Kiss Goodnight"- perhaps I missed the first minute or two. But I remembered I had marked the movie to watch and thought what the heck- I'll watch. I can honestly say that I really enjoyed those two hours. The scene with the truck was definitely fun, and at the same time terrifying (as you know the purpose of the truck and who's in it, I won't spoil it for anyone). The humor was great too, and the acting of the four leads (Davis, Jackson, Zima and Bierko) was quite enjoyable- as is this entire film.

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      On the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) on January 14, 2019, Samuel L. Jackson listed Mitch as his favorite role.
    • Goofs
      During the climactic knife fight with Timothy, Charly is slashed on her right side ribcage. Later, when Charly is lifting herself on the rope mesh, the wound has moved to her left side and appears to be more of a puncture, rather than the long slash she had received originally.
    • Quotes

      Mitch Henessey: What I'm saying is, back when we first met, you were all like "Oh phooey, I burned the darn muffins." Now, you go into a bar, ten minutes later, sailors come runnin' out. What up with that?

    • Alternate versions
      French DVD contains some deleted scenes.
    • Connections
      Edited into Au revoir à jamais: Les scenes coupees (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Santa Claus is Back in Town
      Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

      Performed by Elvis Presley

      Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 1996 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Goodbye Forever
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • New Line Cinema
      • Forge
      • The Steve Tisch Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $65,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,447,612
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,065,363
      • Oct 13, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $89,456,761
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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