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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
All Critics (32) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (22) | DVD (19)
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.
I found the friendship was really weird to be honest, more like a old married couple, that turned into whose cock is bigger slagging match. 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.
September 10, 2007
Super Reviewer
Such awful, awful melodrama, but I love it! DID YOU EVER KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY HEEEEROOOO?
June 8, 2010Super Reviewer
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