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The First Wives Club (1996)

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Three women plot revenge on their two-timing husbands in this comedy. Brenda (Bette Midler), Elise (Goldie Hawn), and Annie (Diane Keaton) were close friends in college, but 27 years after graduation they've lost touch with each other, and it's not until a mutual friend of the three commits suicide that they meet at the funeral for the first time in years. It seems that their friend grew despondent after her husband left her for a younger woman, and all three find themselves in similar

PG, 1 hr. 42 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Hugh Wilson

Written By: Robert Harling

In Theaters: Sep 20, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Dec 1, 1998

Paramount Home Video

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Cast

Bette Midler
Brenda Morelli Cushman
Goldie Hawn
Elise Elliot Atchison
Diane Keaton
Annie McDuggan Paradise
Maggie Smith
Gunila Garson Goldberg
Dan Hedaya
Morton Cushman
Bronson Pinchot
Duarto Feliz
Marcia Gay Harden
Dr. Leslie Rosen
Elizabeth Berkley
Phoebe La Velle
Philip Bosco
Uncle Carmine Morelli
Stockard Channing
Cynthia Swann Griffin
Stephen Collins
Aaron Paradise
Jennifer Dundas
Chris Paradise
Victor Garber
Bill Atchison
Eileen Heckart
Catherine MacDuggan
James Naughton
Gil Griffin
Sarah Jessica Parker
Shelly Stewart
Rob Reiner
Dr. Morris Packman
Ari Greenberg
Jason Cushman
Ivana Trump
Heather Locklear

Critic Reviews for The First Wives Club

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Frothy divorce-revenge comedy with iffy messages.

February 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

Funny film with the three leads in top form.

November 2, 2005 Comment

Michael A. Smith

Nolan's Pop Culture Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review

Suprisingly funny lighthearted comedy dealing with divorce. Lackluster conclusion, but good "feel good" tone.

July 14, 2003 Comment

Fred Topel

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loved this chick flick! is revenge sweet? hell yeah these chicks kick ass!!!!

March 26, 2009

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It feels really dated now, it probably did then too, it?s was easily made 7 years too late! Still, Goldie Hawn is sexy and...well, that's about it. Its predictable and schmaltzy, very Jewish but, like I said, a bit late. Keaton looks uncomfortable in the role, Midler has been in worse I suppose and Jennifer Annison

October 2, 2009