Film

L.A. Story 1991

Directed by Mick Jackson

  • Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
  • 95 min
  • PG-13

Something funny is happening in L.A.

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.

ComedyFantasyRomancemeteorologymetereologistweather forecasterlos angeles, californiaduelunemployment

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Character

Warm, comic, effortless and unpretentious.

  • warmbleak
  • gravecomic
  • effortlessdemanding
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • resolvedopen-ended

Who loves it, who doesn't

The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 33The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 33The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 22The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 1The Thrill Chaser: disliked by 11 / 1The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 1The Sincere: disliked by 11 / 1The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 11The OmnivoreThe Omnivore: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

24 profiled raters. Loved most by The Archivists; disliked most by The Sinceres.

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  • “Is it funnier than it is smart?”

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