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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   5,196 votes
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Director:
Herbert Ross
Writer (WGA):
Don Roos (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 February 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
A motion picture that celebrates the art of survival, the gift of laughter and the miracle of friendship.
Plot:
Jane is a night club singer, out of work. Robin is a quirky real estate agent looking for a ride-share to accompany her to California... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Sooooo chick-flick more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Whoopi Goldberg ... Jane Deluca

Mary-Louise Parker ... Robin

Drew Barrymore ... Holly Pulchik-Lincoln

Matthew McConaughey ... Abe Lincoln, Tucson Police Officer

James Remar ... Alex

Billy Wirth ... Nick
Anita Gillette ... Elaine, Robin's Mother

Dennis Boutsikaris ... Massarelli, Prosecuting Attorney
Estelle Parsons ... Louise the Psychic
Amy Aquino ... Anna

Stan Egi ... Henry

Stephen Gevedon ... Johnny Figgis
Amy Ray ... Indigo Girl
Emily Saliers ... Indigo Girl

Jude Ciccolella ... Jerry
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Avec ou sans hommes (France)
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Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Company:
Alcor Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Holly calls her baby girl Mary Todd, which makes her full name: Mary Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln's wife). more
Goofs:
Continuity: The coconut drink during the mini-golf scene. more
Quotes:
Robin: I don't know what it is but there's something that goes on between women. You men know that because it's the same for you. I'm not saying one sex is better then the other. I'm just saying, like speaks to like. Love or whatever doesn't always keep. So you found out what does, if you're lucky. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) (V) more
Soundtrack:
WILLOW more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Sooooo chick-flick, 14 July 2008
5/10
Author: marcslope from New York, NY

Count the chick-flick conventions: The revenge on the abusive boyfriend; the three so-different young women bonding; the mother-daughter conflicts; the road trip; the scene where somebody sings "Happy Birthday" to somebody amid much general rejoicing; the adorable baby; the tear-wringing incurable-disease character; etc. It's well-written -- Don Roos, who later wrote the superb screenplay to "The Opposite of Sex," puts more curve on his dialog than most toiling in this genre -- but as with many sisters-united-in-adversity epics, it keeps wanting to yank emotions out of you rather than earn them honestly. The three leads are good, a young Matthew McConnaughey isn't yet annoying, and there are nice turns from Estelle Parsons and Anita Gillette, a Broadway baby decades earlier who matured into a proficient character actress. But Herb Ross is in his take-no-chances mode, and too much of the picture feels programmed and rote.

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