What Happened Was
7.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Tom Noonan Music director Tom Noonan Country United States | 7/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance Screenplay Tom Noonan Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Tom Noonan, Karen Sillas Release date 26 January 1994 (premiere at Sundance)
9 September 1994 (USA) Writer Tom Noonan (play), Tom Noonan (screenplay) Similar movies (500) Days of Summer , Megamind , Prime , The Accidental Husband , Body Language , Secretary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What happened was trailer 1994
What Happened Was... is a 1994 American independent film written for the screen, directed by and starring Tom Noonan. It is an adaptation of Noonan's original stage play of the same name.
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Plot
It depicts two people, played by Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan, on a first date; their conversation gradually reveals their lonely lives and hidden personalities.
Reception
What Happened Was... has an overall approval rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.
On the Siskel & Ebert show, Gene Siskel gave the film a thumbs up, stating that "For what is really just one long night of conversation, the stakes and the tension couldn't be any higher if these were two characters having a more conventional action scene." Roger Ebert, however, gave the film a thumbs down, calling it "Contrived" and stating that "There is a lot less here than meets the eye."
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