In the Mood

In the Mood

Year: 1987

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: English

Director: Phil Alden Robinson

ComedyRomance

At fifteen, Sonny Wisecarver embarks on an affair with his older neighbor Francine and elopes to marry her, only for a stern judge to annul the marriage. Later, the same judge presides over another case when Sonny becomes involved with a woman in her twenties. The sensational courtroom drama propels Sonny into the national spotlight, turning him into a teenage heartthrob admired by countless young women.

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