A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
He's got 24 hours to convince the one girl he really loves that he's honest, faithful, and fully committed. It's going to be a long night.
A coming-of-age comedy-drama set in 1960s Chicago where a restless high school graduate navigates romantic entanglement, paternal conflict, and self-discovery over a pivotal night.
A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.
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