Mystery Date
ARisky Businessclone with loftier ambitions,Mystery  Dateholds up surprisingly well despite its '80s teen-flick trappings. This  was Ethan Hawke's follow-up to the successful family adventureWhite  Fang, and it's fun to watch the fresh-faced future Mr. Uma Thurman playing a  shy guy named Tom who's obsessed with his dishy neighbor Geena (then-newcomer  Teri Polo, in '80s big-hair splendor). When Tom's criminally entangled brother  (Brian McNamara) manipulates Tom into a mistaken-identity date with Geena, they  soon find themselves chased by a crazed delivery driver (Fisher Stevens), a  hot-headed L.A. detective (SCTV alumnus Tony Rosato), and a Chinese mob kingpin  (B.D. Wong) whose henchmen are named Ben and Jerry (giving some indication of  this movie's dim sense of humor). Plot twists proliferate, and Polo (who had to  wait until 2000'sMeet the Parentsfor another decent movie role) manages  to flatten her funniest line of dialogue. All of which makesMystery Datea hit or miss affair, but mostly it hits.--Jeff Shannon