Beaches (1988)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 17
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Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 2
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Based on a novel by Iris Rainer Dart, Beaches traces the 30-year oil-and-water friendship between free-spirited Bronx Jew CC Bloom (Bette Midler) and uptight San Francisco WASP Hillary Essex (Barbara Hershey). The two meet as children in Atlantic City (played by Mayim Bialik and Marcie Leeds) and are reunited in the 1960s, when CC is a struggling singer and Hillary is trying to break free from her staid upbringing by becoming an activist. The two ladies room together, then fall out when both are
Dec 21, 1988 Wide
Mar 29, 2005
Disney
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Cast
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Bette Midler
CC Bloom -
Barbara Hershey
Hillary Whitney Essex -
John Heard
John Pierce -
Spalding Gray
Dr. Richard Milstein -
Lainie Kazan
Leona Bloom -
James Read
Michael Essex -
Grace Johnston
Victoria Essex -
Mayim Bialik
C.C. Age 11 -
Marcie Leeds
Hillary Age 11 -
Mariann Aalda
Ticket Seller -
Bill Applebaum
Actor 2 -
Judith Baldwin
Screaming Woman -
Anne Betancourt
Miss Valdez -
Nicky Blair
Tavern on the Green Mai... -
Frank Buxton
Doctor -
Karin Calabro
Actor 4 -
Frank Campanella
Frank the Doorman -
Lucinda Crosby
TV Interviewer -
Jane Dulo
Hillary's Neighbor -
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Diane Frazen
Marjorie -
Michael Bryan French
Head Waiter -
Ken Gibbel
Cowboy Actor -
Lynda Goodfriend
Mrs. Myandowski -
Joe Grifasi
Otto Titsling -
Harvey Keenan
Man in Bagels -
Allan Kent
Mr. Melman -
Phil Leeds
Sammy Pinkers -
Mona Lyden
Actor 1 -
Steven Majewicz
Phillipe De Brassiere -
Barbara Marshall
I.C.U. Nurse #2 -
Kathi Marshall
Delivery Room Nurse #1 -
Lori Marshall
Tavern on the Green Pat... -
Arnold McCuller
Hollywood Bowl Backup S... -
Keith Henry McDaniel
Actor 5 -
Charles McGowan
Peasant -
Eddie Mekka
Actor 3 -
Ken Miller
Peasant -
Julie Paris
Delivery Room Nurse #2 -
Tracy Reiner
Dept. Store Clerk -
Steve Restivo
Pink Palm Bartender -
Patrick Richwood
T. Kuhn -
Bo Sabato
Hollywood Bowl Stage Ma... -
Lisa Savage
Michael's Mistress -
Zachary Weintraub
ACLU Worker -
Carol Williard
Aunt Vesta -
Robert Ball
Harry -
Michael Elias
Seedy Bar Patron -
Carla Earle
Hollywood Bowl Backup S... -
Doris Hess
Maura -
Scott Marshall
Car Rental Agent -
Harvey Miller
Movie Director -
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All Critics (32) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (22) | DVD (20)
The film's oily overdefinition of various class and cultural categories is strident enough to betray a condescending attitude toward the audience.
Make some popcorn and get out the Kleenex.
Garry Marhsall's unbearabaly schmaltzy and stereotyical medlodrama contrasts a brassy Jewish singer with an elegant WASPy socialite that even actresses like Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey cannot elevate or rescue.
Maudlin & weepy with tender performances by Midler and Hershey.
...it seems obvious that certain audiences will get a whole lot more out of it than others.
If director Garry Marshall's intent was to up the Kleenex-count rather than the body count, he succeeded.
there are few horrors as singularly terrifying as this movie
A poignant tribute to the joys and tribulations of friendship.
Every bit as sappy and saccharine as you'd expect
...a CD album of the songs might be as entertaining as the movie, and it would cost a lot less. (Special Edition DVD)
I enjoyed the first forty-five minutes of Beaches. Beyond that, I kept looking at my watch wondering when it was ever going to end.
Audience Reviews for Beaches
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- CC Bloom: Hilary you got so fat!
- Hillary Whitney Essex: I'm not fat I'm having a baby.
- CC Bloom: You're not. You're having a baby?
- Hillary Whitney Essex: I'm three months pregnant.
- CC Bloom: That's great.
- Hillary Whitney Essex: Before I caught him with that woman we made love and that's when it ...
- CC Bloom: (interrupts) What woman?
- Hillary Whitney Essex: There was this woman I caught them together ...
- CC Bloom: (interrupts) Michael?
- Hillary Whitney Essex: Of course Michael and that's when it happened, and he doesn't want it because he's going to marry her. Can you believe it he's going to marry her?
- CC Bloom: (to bartender) Would you make this a double please?
- CC Bloom: (to Hillary) Let me get this straight. You caught Michael with another woman?
- Hillary Whitney Essex: Yes.
- CC Bloom: And now you're going to have a baby all on your own
- Hillary Whitney Essex: Mmhmm (shakes head)
- CC Bloom: Oh Hillary I think that's wonderful
- Hillary Whitney Essex: You do?
- CC Bloom: I think it's the most exciting thing and if it's a girl will you name it after me? (hugs Hillary)
- Hillary Whitney Essex: (quietly) Yes.
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- Hillary Age 11: Be sure to keep in touch C.C. okay?
- C.C. Age 11: Well, sure we're friends aren't we?
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Top Critic
I did enjoy this movie, i loved the songs and i loved the cast.
It was a funny sad drama of friendship that was really captivating.
I'd say it is one to watch.