A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Meryl Streep | ... | Suzanne Vale | |
| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Doris Mann | |
| Dennis Quaid | ... | Jack Faulkner | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Lowell Kolchek | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Doctor Frankenthal | |
| Rob Reiner | ... | Joe Pierce | |
| Mary Wickes | ... | Grandma | |
| Conrad Bain | ... | Grandpa | |
| Annette Bening | ... | Evelyn Ames | |
| Simon Callow | ... | Simon Asquith | |
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Gary Morton | ... | Marty Wiener |
| CCH Pounder | ... | Julie Marsden (as C.C.H. Pounder) | |
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Sidney Armus | ... | Sid Roth |
| Robin Bartlett | ... | Aretha | |
| Barbara Garrick | ... | Carol | |
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Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox center her film company insists, as a condition of continuing to employ her, that she live with her mother, Doris Mann, who was once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for her as she has struggled for years to get out of Doris' shadow, who still treats her like a child. Despite these problems and further ones involving the men in in her life, she can begin to see the funny side of her situation, and it also starts to occur to her that not only do daughters have mothers, mothers do too. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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drug rehabilitation | alcoholism | domineering mother | female protagonist | drug overdose |Taglines:
Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.Parents Guide:
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14 September 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$22,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$37,963,281Company Credits
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Evelyn Ames: You mean asking me who I have sex with isn't personal anymore? What do you want to know, if I smoke?
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Lowell tells Suzanne that none of the airport scene can be saved because it was shot without any cutaways. However, the scene is obviously edited as the characters jump about 3 feet farther from the camera as they walk from past a pole between the ticket counter and the passport control desk. See more »Quotes
Suzanne: Can I ask you something personal?Evelyn Ames: You mean asking me who I have sex with isn't personal anymore? What do you want to know, if I smoke?
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Debiee Reynolds/Carrie Fisher or MacLaine/Streep? It doesn't really matter. A comedy that swims around a theme without ever getting anywhere. To see Streep and MacLaine together is enough to make this a collector's item. The cheerful side of the Ingrid Bergman/Liv Ullman grim Ingman Bergman "Autumn Sonata" I know that Carrie Fisher with her American wit was telling us something, something personal but did it have to be so shallow? There is nothing about this characters with a hint of depth. Drugs and alcohol part of a culture in permanent denial. Maybe that's what it is. We're witnessing the replicas of what used to be human beings. The hurt is so flimsy. He may have told a million women that they smelled like Catalina, so what? Didn't she notice the phoniness in Dennis Quaid's smirk? I had to rush and see "Plenty" and stare into Meryl Streep's face to be reminded of her greatness. Not that she's bad here, not at all, she's wonderful, it's the character that made me recoil in horror. Okay, enough of that. the combination of MacLaine and Streep is terrific and the film will keep you entertained even if, like in my case, will leave you with a toxic aftertaste.