Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Dale Launer

Writer (WGA):

Dale Launer (written by)

Release Date:

13 November 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Imagine if sex appeal came in a bottle.

Plot:

Tate Donovan, a geek biochemist with no luck at all with women, is persuaded by his friends to visit a gypsy...

Plot Keywords:

Potion | Love | Love Potion | Gypsy | Affection

Cast

Tate Donovan	...	Paul Matthews
Sandra Bullock	...	Diane Farrow
Mary Mara	...	Marisa
Dale Midkiff	...	Gary Logan
Hillary B. Smith	...	Sally
Anne Bancroft	...	Madame Ruth
Dylan Baker	...	Prince Geoffrey
Blake Clark	...	Motorcycle Cop
Bruce McCarty	...	Jeff
Rebecca Staab	...	Cheryl
Adrian Paul	...	Enrico Pazzoli
Ric Reitz	...	Dave
Steven Burnett	...	Ron
Jordan Baker	...	Joanne
Ken Strong	...	Dick Webster

Also Known As:

Love Potion #9 (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #31327) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | UK:PG | UK:15 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Penta Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Paul is handcuffed to a wooden chair in the police station. After the mob chasing Marisa goes through the police station leaving Paul alone, he goes out to the street where he breaks apart the chair leaving the handcuffs still visible on his wrist. He takes an abandoned car to return to Diane's wedding where he gets out of the car and the handcuffs are gone.

Quotes:

Diane Farrow: There was this experiment where an electrode was planted in the pleasure center of a monkey's brain. When the monkey hit a button, it sent a signal to the electrode, in effect, exciting the monkey sexually.
Woman at luncheon: You're kidding.
Diane Farrow: No. Can you guess what happened?
Woman at luncheon: Was it a male monkey?
Diane Farrow: Yes.
Woman at luncheon: He slammed the button till he died.
Diane Farrow: Oh, so you know this experiment?
Woman at luncheon: I know men, honey.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Biography: Sandra Bullock: In the Driver's Seat" (2005)

Soundtrack:

RUBY BABY

"Nerds in love." One of my favorite "guilty pleasures"

Guilty because I know if I admit how much I like it, I might lose some cred as a film buff. But it's a great fairy tale, Anne Bancroft's brief scenes are funny, and Tate Donovan is a man I can get behind! The scene where the nasty superficial gal crushes his ego at the bar must really hit home with a lot of men. And say what you want about Bullock, but here she shows why she became a huge star with her megawatt smile! But my favorite is Mary Mara, a great character actor given a chance to play a broadly funny, well, broad. If you ask me, Pretty Woman is overrated and this movie is underrated!