Molly (Hoffs), Val (Pfeiffer) and Gina (Cusack) are graduating college, but on their final night, frustrations are aired.

[3]Tamar Hoffs called the film as "sort of a beach party movie intended for kids from 14 to 16...

I've always loved beach party movies", she admits, "because they're optimistic and ask nothing more of the viewer than the price of admission and just hanging out-and that's pretty much the mood of `The Allnighter.'

'[3]The film was promoted with a poster featuring Susanna Hoffs wearing a skimpy bikini as she sips a cocktail and the tag line, "Who says you can't do it all in one night?"

There was great camaraderie among the cast and I don't think anyone felt I was given special treatment because I was the director's daughter.

"[3] The film was popularly and critically panned, receiving a 0% on the Internet review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

[5] The film, according to motion picture-historian Leonard Maltin, was "...grotesque in the AIDS era, although it would be a stinker in any age.

The principals are three bubble-headed women who room together, and the film could be accused of sexism if their male counterparts were not equally dumb.

Susanna Hoffs later said, "It was such a low budget quickie thing, a cutesy little teeny-bopper movie.