The Associate (1996)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 13
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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 4
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3/5
User Ratings: 8,059
Movie Info
In this comedy, a woman discovers that it's impossible to get ahead in business without a man to guide her -- so she invents one. Laurel (Whoopi Goldberg) is an expert financial analyst with a top Wall Street brokerage; however, she keeps getting passed over for raises and promotions, and she's convinced that no one at her firm takes her seriously because she's a black woman. Frustrated, Laurel and her loyal assistant Sally (Dianne Wiest) open a new firm, but Laurel discovers that her fears were
Oct 25, 1996 Wide
May 15, 2001
Cast
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Whoopi Goldberg
Laurel -
Dianne Wiest
Sally -
Eli Wallach
Fallon -
Tim Daly
Frank -
Bebe Neuwirth
Camille -
George Morfogen
Plaza Manager -
Joel Blake
Poker Palyer -
Leon Addison Brown
reporter -
Colleen Camp
Detective Jones -
Miles Chapin
Harry -
Jean De Baer
loan officer -
Darryl Edwards
executive At Strip Club -
Helen Hanft
Mrs. Cupchick -
Jerry Hardin
Harley Mason -
Baxter Harris
Disgruntled Investor -
Zeljko Ivanek
SEC Agent Thompkins -
Billy Jaye
Plaza Reporter -
Lainie Kazan
Cindy Mason -
Ken Kerr
Charlie -
Vincent Laresca
Plaza Men's Room Attend... -
George Martin
Manchester -
Bernie McInerney
Cilent At Cutty/Ayres -
Peter McRobbie
Executive At Strip Club -
Liana Pai
Plaza Concierge Charlot... -
Austin Pendleton
Aesop -
Sally Jessy Raphael
Herself -
Rex Robbins
Investor At 21 Club -
Frederick Rolf
Carl Bode -
John Rothman
Jogging Track Executive -
Socorro Santiago
Syntonex Worker -
John Short
Harley's Associate -
Brian Tarantina
Eddie -
Donald Trump
Himself -
Louis Turenne
Peabody Club Concierge -
Thomas Wagner
Harley's Associate -
Katherine Wallach
reporter -
Ira Wheeler
Investor At 21 Club -
Lee Wilkof
Bissel -
Ginny Yang
Funeral Reporter -
Robert Levin
Door Slam Executive -
Boris McGiver
Plaza Reporter -
Ted Brunetti
Fallon's Messenger -
Allison Janney
Sandy -
Johnny Miller
Himself -
Craig Braun
Disgruntled Investor -
Kathleen McClellan
Frank's Girlfriend -
Larry Gilliard Jr.
Plaza Bellhop Thomas -
Alberto Alejandrino
Maître D' At Peabody C... -
Judith Calder
Audience Member -
Jonathan Freeman
Hockey Game Executive -
Roy Gerson Orchestra
Fallon Ball Band -
Corrine Manning
Fallon Ball Band -
William Hill
Detective Templeton -
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Goldberg's unconvincing makeup looks like a cheap latex Halloween mask of a cross between Marlon Brando and the guy on the Quaker Oats box.
The farce promised by "The Associate" disappoints, but Goldberg and Wiest's sister act is surprisingly affirming.
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