I've been trying to recall the name of this movie that came out in the early to mid 1990's, somewhere around 1992-1995.

It was a low budget movie with no big name stars that I can recall. The entire movie centered around a date between a lawyer and one of the receptionists at a law firm. The woman was a fairly attractive blonde, but maybe a little older (mid to late 30's) than the standard leading actress in a movie of that era. The lawyer was a tall, bald and lanky looking guy maybe in his late 30's or early 40's.

The movie starts with the woman bringing in a bag(s) of groceries in her apartment which she plans to use to cook dinner for her date that will be coming over that night. Included with the groceries is a birthday cake, because it's also her birthday. The lawyer comes over and the date starts off very awkward and they don't really have much in common to talk to each other about as the evening progresses. At one point she just starts laughing making the man look puzzled. She explains to him that she was laughing about something he said to someone else at the firm the other day. She thought he was making a joke that only she would understand, but by his reaction that wasn't his intention.

Eventually she tells him she's trying to be a writer. She goes over to a section/ alcove in her apartment that is curtained off and used for storage. She pulls out a notebook and reads him part of a story that she was working on, but it didn't make much sense. Eventually they get angry with each other because they date is going so bad and he tells her he's insecure and just wants to have someone tell him "Everything will be ok". Eventually she starts crying and he decides to leave. As he's leave she tells him that everything will be ok.

I google'd your description and maybe it's "What Happend Was..." : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111689/reference/

Is it What Happened Was?

That's what I thought of when I read the description. Except I forgot the title. Just remembered it was a movie about a date that starred Tom Noonan




Somehow I saw so many independent films in the 90s that are lost to the mists of time and lost in my own memory.

Yep, this was the movie. I couldn't remember the name of the movie for years. I tried googling it with various words I used in my description but kept coming up blank. I was a little off though. The guy was a paralegal instead of a lawyer. I figured this was some obscure Sundance type of movie, but I was surprised when looking up reviews for this movie. Looks like it scored a 91% by critics and 74% by audience on Rotten Tomatoes. I wouldn't have expected it to be that movie to be so well liked.

I remember another awkward date he had in another little movie from the 1980's...

That's the official trailer? Sure doesn't look like one.

Also, what's up with this guessing correctly in one? Are we slipping around here?

I think the actual movie the OP is looking for is Good Burger.

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I've posted a couple of ID threads over the years for what i think are fairly obscure tv shows or movies and figure somebody here will know what show I am talking about, but I figure it might take a few posts or days to get the correct answer. But, usually the correct answer is posted within the hour of me raising the question.

Yes, I've done it a couple of times now as well and get an answer within minutes. Amazing.