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| Madonna | ... | ||
| Aidan Quinn | ... | ||
| Mark Blum | ... | ||
| Robert Joy | ... | ||
| Laurie Metcalf | ... | ||
| Anna Levine | ... | ||
| Will Patton | ... | ||
| Peter Maloney | ... | ||
| Steven Wright | ... | ||
| John Turturro | ... |
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Anne Carlisle | ... | |
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José Angel Santana | ... |
Boutique Owner
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| Giancarlo Esposito | ... |
Street Vendor
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Richard Hell | ... | |
Bored Roberta spots a regular personal ad in the paper titled 'Desperately Seeking Susan'. She heads off to New York, following one of the ads, and finds Susan. When Susan sells her jacket, Roberta - trying to emulate her mystery ad writer - buys the jacket and wears it. Little does she know someon is looking for the jacket - and its owner... Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
I fear I may be going against the grain here...
"Desperately Seeking Susan" was certainly inventive, original, and oftentimes fun. The acting was actually decent, even from Madonna (whose acting has won her 6 Razzies). However, I think the movie suffers from being labelled a comedy. While a couple lines brought a smile or a chuckle, I rarely laughed throughout this movie. Not that there were jokes that didn't work; I couldn't tell what was even supposed to be funny! The whole situation was amusing, but I wouldn't call it laugh-out-loud funny. Eh, whatever. I'd still recommend it.