Nice Girls Don't Explode

Nice Girls Don't Explode
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Chuck Martinez
Produced by	Douglas Curtis
Written by	Paul Harris
Starring	Barbara Harris Michelle Meyrink William O'Leary Wallace Shawn James Nardini
Music by	Brian Banks Anthony Marinelli
Cinematography	Stephen M. Katz
Editing by	Wende Phifer Mate
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date(s)	February, 1987
Running time	92 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Nice Girls Don't Explode is a 1987 comedy film in which April Flowers (Michelle Meyrink) is kept away from boys by her overprotective mother (Barbara Harris) because flames have a tendency to spontaneously erupt whenever her hormones are aroused. For April, "protection" on a dinner date is carrying a fire extinguisher. As mother explains, April is a "fire girl", whose very unstable body chemistry causes spontaneous combustion when she is aroused. As such, the only men April meets more than once are firefighters.

When April reconnects with Andy (William O'Leary), a former neighbor boy who has moved back, he challenges this assumption and presses his luck to prove to her that her hormones are not, in fact, explosive. Hijinx result as Andy tries to prove his point and get the girl, thwarted at every step by April's mother. Further complications ensue when April befriends a lonely, obsessive pyromaniac named "Ellen" (Wallace Shawn), who becomes incensed at the constant mishearing of his real name "Ellen" for "Helen"--after which he throws Bic-flicking snits and tries to set his tormentors on fire. But it turns out that Ellen has a secret connection with April's mother: a connection directly related to April's dating problems.

Box office

"Nice Girls Don't Explode" had a domestic box-office total of $65,000.^[1]

Production

At least part of the film was shot or produced in the cities of Lawrence, Ottawa, and Overland Park, Kansas.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nicegirlsdontexplode.htm
2. ^ http://kdoch.state.ks.us/kdfilm/fc_credit_details.jsp?creditID=1017436277444

External links

• Nice Girls Don't Explode at the Internet Movie Database