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Second Sight (1989)

Second Sight poster
Directed by
Joel Zwick
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A paranormal detective teams up with a psychic and a nun to find a missing person in Boston. It is a comedy with a supernatural twist.

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What happens

Second Sight is a 1989 American science fiction black comedy film from Warner Bros. Pictures starring John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot, Stuart Pankin, and Bess Armstrong. In the film, a paranormal detective (Larroquette), a psychic (Pinchot), and a nun (Armstrong) search the streets of Boston, Massachusetts for a missing person who has allegedly been kidnapped. Although scripted by Patricia Resnick (who previously co-wrote 9 to 5) and Oscar-winner Tom Schulman (who won for Dead Poets Society), the film was a critical and commercial failure; it garnered mostly negative reviews and earned only $5.3 million at the United States box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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