Such rarefied screen writing calls for the peerless talents of Arthur Hiller, a director with the comic timing of a tax auditor.
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01/01/00
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:10
Rotten:10
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Two would-be actresses, one serious about her craft but unable to get a job, the other brash and perfectly willing to act in porno films to make the rent, join an acting class given by a... [More]
Starring: Bette Midler, Shelley Long, George Carlin, Peter Coyote
Director: Arthur Hiller
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Reviews for Outrageous Fortune
1 - 20 (sorted by critic A-Z)
Top CriticA female buddy-buddy movie which grows more and more tiresome as it unspools
08/25/04
Unfortunately, the movie is so busy cross-polinating its genres that it never pauses for the kind of thought that might have made it really special, instead of just fitfully funny.
01/01/00
Top CriticThere's more regressive coyness in this buddy adventure-comedy than anyone should have to sit through in a lifetime...
01/01/00
Top CriticEvery bit as rude and wonderful as Ruthless People...
01/01/00
Top CriticMidler and Long are never less than fun to watch.
06/23/08
Top CriticEngaging, undemanding stuff.
06/23/08
The plot here has been played out hundreds of times (and often better) in other films.
06/23/08
As a vehicle for their considerable comic talents, the enterprise is wheelclamped by typecasting.
01/26/06
Pretty funny star comedy with a couple hysterical bits.
03/01/04
I'm STILL trying to figure out why this film was a hit.
03/04/03
Great comedic pairing. Good fun.
02/13/03
I shudder to think that a Shelley Long-Bette Midler pairing could have been considered a sure thing by anyone, at any time.
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