Main Cast: Jason Alexander, Nia Peeples, Lainie Kazan, Lou Jacobi, Eileen Brennan
Release Year: 1992
Country: US
Run Time: 112 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Jason Alexander stars in this sweet-natured romantic comedy, marred by some overblown stereotypes. Alexander plays shoe salesman Bernie Fishbine. Bernie is lonely and shy and ever conscious about his weight problem. He stills lives at home with his mother Sarah (Lainie Kazan) and grandpa Irving Fein (Lou Jacobi). One night, taking a bus back home, he meets Theresa Garabaldi (Nia Peeples), an attractive graduate student in psychology who works at night as a singer in her uncle's Italian restaurant. Bernie falls in love with her, and he thinks she loves him too. To make her proud of him, Bernie stops eating the chocolate kisses he purchases every day from Frieda's (Eileen Brennan) candy store and, instead, works out at a gym to lose weight. But Bernie is crestfallen to learn that Theresa is being friendly to him because she is using him as the subject of her graduate thesis entitled "The Psychological Study of an Obese Male." ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
David Bowe - Norman Fishbine; Michele Scarabelli - Connie Klinger; Hilary Shepard - Ada Fishbine; Marlena Giovi - Louise Garabaldi; Ralph Monaco - Albert Garabaldi; Arleen Sorkin - Monica; Cassie Yates - Melinda; Al Ruscio - Uncle Dominic; Lela Ivey - Alice; Larry Storch - Giora; David Dolph Benbow - Mark Thurston; Robert DoQui - Fred; Jamie Donovan - Larry; Benny Grant - Lenny Fishbine; Deborah Grant - Linda Fishbine; Carolyn Henessey - Bowling Alley Waitress; Jean Speegle Howard - Elderly Woman; Matthias Hues - Eric; Suzan Hughes - Waitress in Health Spa; Spencer Klein - Boy in Candy Store; Damien Klitou - Young Bernie Fishbine; Michael Laskin - Melvin Fishbine; Janna Levenstein - Angela Garabaldi; Ross McKerras - Mrs. Dill; Julianne Michelle - Girl in Candy Store; Candi Milo - Mother in Candy Store; Ken Oberheu - 1st Waiter; Jack Ong - Bowling Alley Clerk; Barbara Pilavin Gelber - Grandma Garabaldi
Credit
Robert Marcarelli - Director, Joanne D'Antonio - Editor, Charles Weber - Executive Producer, Gary M. Bettman - Line Producer, Byrnadette di Santo - Production Designer, Michael Ferris - Cinematographer, Mitchel Matovich - Producer
