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  • 2015
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Workaholic Kevin (Adam Pally) goes home with the beautiful train-wreck Madeline (Rose Salazar) for a drunken one night stand, but he's horrified to discover she's actually his boss' jilted ex-mistress. After she takes a bottle of sleeping pills, Kevin is forced to keep her awake all night. As Madeline and Kevin banter through the night, ...

Directed By: Charles Hood

Written By: Seth Goldsmith, Charles Hood

  • 2015
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m

Night Owls

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary Workaholic Kevin (Adam Pally) goes home with the beautiful train-wreck Madeline (Rose Salazar) for a drunken one night stand, but he's horrified to discover she's actually his boss' jilted ex-mistress. After she takes a bottle of sleeping pills, Kevin is forced to keep her awake all night. As Madeline and Kevin banter through the night, ...

Directed By: Charles Hood

Written By: Seth Goldsmith, Charles Hood

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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80
Dec 3, 2015
The execution here is impressively adroit, with a clever script enlivened by two charmingly compatible lead performances from Rosa Salazar and Adam Pally.
By Andrew Barker FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 3, 2015
Instead of sinking into crude, one-night-stand joke territory, Night Owls roots around for the spark of real chemistry and, in the winning turns of Pally and Salazar, finds it.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 4, 2015
The film has more in common with 1930s screwball (films filled with obvious coincidences) than the more clunky, often-humorless films that pass for "rom-coms" today.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 4, 2015
Charles Hood's Night Owls is a mostly satisfying two-hander that never quite lives up to its full potential.
By Sherilyn Connelly FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 3, 2015
The performances are so crackling that you can imagine Ms. Salazar and Mr. Pally, given richer material, becoming a slapstick comedy team: the spitfire and the nerd.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
5.1
57% Positive
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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57% Positive
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14% Mixed
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29% Negative
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Production Company Haven Entertainment, Pan & Scan Pictures
Release Date Dec 4, 2015
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
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Awards

Napa Valley Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Hill Country Film Festival, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Twin Cities Film Fest, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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