Sunday, 8 February 2015

Beaches (1988 Garry Marshall)

Mayim Bialik is a very convincing Bette Midler; Marcie Leeds becomes Barbara Hershey (an underrated actress). Midler is great too. With John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan (the mother, no relation to Elia).

Unexpected belly laughs e.g. "When I saw you weren't in your dressing room, I thought you were dead!" Well written by Mary Agnes Donoghue from a novel by Iris Rainer. Shot by Dante Spinotti.

Naturally, Hector Elizondo is in it.

Isn't there an old Hollywood film with a similar plot???

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