What Happened Was...

IMDb link: 0111689
IMDb rating: 7.3 (2,808 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Drama, Romance
Director: Tom Noonan
Cast: 2 critic, Karen Sillas, 45 user and others

Release date: 9 Sep 1994
Release year: 1994
Runtime: 91 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: minimal cast, dinner date, loft apartment, based on play, new york city, paralegal, first date, apartment, independent film, punctuation in title

Plot:

This darkly humorous film explores the personal psychic landscape of two lonely New Yorkers. Jackie and Michael are coworkers at a large law firm, who decide to meet at Jackie's for dinner one night. As this 'first date' plays out, the audience is guided through a mental minefield of disappointment, desolation, and desperation. Their conversation, with its awkward 'small talk', slowly reveals their unhappy lives....

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