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Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Good Intentions Gone Awry moreCast
(Credited cast)| Patricia Arquette | ... | Herself | |
| Rosanna Arquette | ... | Herself | |
| Emmanuelle Béart | ... | Herself | |
| Katrin Cartlidge | ... | Herself | |
| Laura Dern | ... | Herself | |
| Roger Ebert | ... | Himself | |
| Jane Fonda | ... | Herself | |
| Teri Garr | ... | Herself | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Herself | |
| Melanie Griffith | ... | Herself | |
| Daryl Hannah | ... | Herself | |
| Salma Hayek | ... | Herself | |
| Holly Hunter | ... | Herself | |
| Diane Lane | ... | Herself | |
| Kelly Lynch | ... | Herself | |
| Julianna Margulies | ... | Herself | |
| Chiara Mastroianni | ... | Herself | |
| Samantha Mathis | ... | Herself | |
| Frances McDormand | ... | Herself | |
| Catherine O'Hara | ... | Herself | |
| Julia Ormond | ... | Herself | |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | Herself | |
| Martha Plimpton | ... | Herself | |
| Charlotte Rampling | ... | Herself | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | ... | Herself | |
| Theresa Russell | ... | Herself | |
| Meg Ryan | ... | Herself | |
| Ally Sheedy | ... | Herself | |
| Adrienne Shelly | ... | Herself | |
| Hilary Shepard | ... | Herself (as Hilary Shepard Turner) | |
| Sharon Stone | ... | Herself | |
| Tracey Ullman | ... | Herself | |
| JoBeth Williams | ... | Herself | |
| Debra Winger | ... | Herself | |
| Alfre Woodard | ... | Herself | |
| Robin Wright Penn | ... | Herself |
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France:100 min | France:97 min (Cannes Film Festival) | USA:99 min (DVD)Country:
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Screened as one of "out-of-competition" films at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2002. Director Rosanna Arquette says she made the documentary when she was struck by the fact that Debra Winger, who earned three Oscar nominations, had left the profession in her 30s. moreQuotes:
Whoopi Goldberg: Longevity is everything. We have outlasted most of the people that used to hire us. moreSoundtrack:
Leaving My Sorrow Behind moreFAQ
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I wanted to like this movie, I really did, but it's a mess. As well-intentioned as is Roseanna Arquette, there's no real point to this film.
Obviously, Arquette was able to secure the confessions of some of the finest actresses of our times, but instead of drawing on the "Red Shoes" theme, we are subjected to an inchoate collection of let's face it, silly laments.
Though not meant to be, a lot of these diatribes are insulting to women who struggle along in boring jobs, barely able to make ends meet while juggling marriages, kids and art without benefit of nannies, private jets and personal assistants.
Instead of discussing the struggle of art v. children, or career v. marriage as was promised in the opening monologue, this movie is about extraordinarily beautiful women who want our sympathy because they no longer receive the enormous privileges they received when they were more desirable to the men who make movies.
I love Theresa Russell, I really do, but she comes off like a selfish, prom queen who isn't getting enough attention. Laughable but sad is Melanie Griffith who obviously knows the joys of Botox and collagen but still cringes at the sexism to which she is subjected by the industry that made her rich. Jane Fonda, on the other hand, is as loopy as she was when Ed Murrow interviewed her 40 years ago on "Person to Person."
At least two of the screen goddesses interviewed -- Diane Lane and Sharon Stone-- have already altered their pronouncements: Lane who allegedly can't fit a man into her life is remarrying and Stone who finally met the perfect mate is divorcing.
The only person in this documentary who makes any sense at all is Terri Garr. I've always liked her and now I like her even more. The problem is no one is listening to Garr, though she still works all the time, even with a disability. And thankfully, Debra Winger comes off sane and sensible.
Get a grip girls. The rest of us mortal women of a certain age struggle throughout life, not just when we enter menopause. I am competing with 20 year olds in my workplace, just the same as you.
What was it that F. Scott Fitzgerald said? "The rich are different from you and I?" I guess the same is true of actresses.