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Cast

Madonna
as Susan

Rosanna Arquette
as Roberta Glass/'Susan'

Aidan Quinn
as Dez

Mark Blum
as Gary Glass

Robert Jay

Robert Joy
as Jim

Laurie Metcalf
as Leslie

Anna Levine
as Crystal

Will Patton
as Nolan

Peter Maloney
as Ian

Steven Wright
as Larry

John Turturro
as Ray

Anne Carlisle
as Victoria

Jose Santana
as Boutique Owner

Giancarlo Esposito
as Street Vendor

Richard Hell
as Meeker

Rockets Redglare
as Taxi Driver

Billy Hopkins

Daisy Bradford
as Daisy

Steve Bosh
as Newscaster

Annie Golden
as Band Singer

Ann Magnuson
as Cigarette Girl

John Lurie
as Neighbor Saxophonist

Mary Joy
as Cocktail Waitress

Rosemary Hochschild
as Cocktail Waitress

Iris Chacon
as TV Singer

Victor Argo
as Sgt. Taskal

Shirley Stoler
as Jail Matron

J.B. Waters
as Jail Matron

Arto Lindsay
as Newspaper Clerk

Michael R. Chin
as Choy

Patrick John Hurley
as Policeman

Paul Austin
as Policeman

Timothy Carhart
as Victoria's Boy Friend

Curt Dempster
as Coffee Shop Manager

Shirley Kaplan
as Waitress

Henry Adler
as Magic Club Drummer

Lázaro Pérez
as Enrique the Guard

Marty Gold
as Magic Club Pianist

John Hoyt
as Space Commander

Alvy West
as Magic Club Saxophonist

Joyce Griffen
as Prostitute

Richard S. Lowy
as Adrian the Hairdresser

Donna Ritchie
as Hot Tub Girl

Kim Chan
as Park Bum

Michael Badalucco
as Guy from Brooklyn

Harsh Nayyar
as Egyptian Diplomat

Keita Whitten
as Store Customer

Adele Bertei
as Prisoner

Gary Binkow
as Band Member

Peter Castellotti
as Coffee Shop Cop

Gilda Torterello
as Ray's Mom

Stanley Burns
as Ventriloquist

Richard Edson
as Man with Newspapers

Gary Ray
as Band Member

Wendy Dasteel
as Party Guest

Elie J. Boubli
as Egyptian Ambassador

Steve Eidel
as Party Guest

Michael Herz & Llyod Kaufman
as Party Guest

Ilene Kristen
as Party Guest

Carol Leifer
as Party Guest

Richard Portnow
as Party Guest

Isabel Lorca
as Party Guest

Michael Bramon
as Band Member

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• Aug 30, 2011

  Mistaken identity and amnesia cause a plain housewife to trade lives with a mercurial punk rocker. I think the draw of this film is the cultural milieu it captured. The 80s punk scene is personified by Madonna's Susan, and I can see why some would find the depiction appealing. After all, such counter-culture movements were, and are, portrayed in negative terms, and there's no judgment in this film: infidelity, random sexual escapades, and a odd fashion sense are all upheld. If anything, the establishment is the villain. But the film is a pile of stinking cliches. Amnesia and mistaken identity are about the oldest ploys I can think of, and it's not hard to predict who ends up with whom. And Madonna's performance doesn't evince a real character, a complete person; rather, she's just a stand-in for the cultural movement she represents. Overall, <i>Desperately Seeking Susan</i>, a title that makes me want to defend adverbs, is a film-by-numbers cliche, but there are a few minor redeeming qualities.
  Jim H Super Reviewer
• Oct 14, 2010

  characteristics of some action thriller or eighties mainstay. Even with Madonna's star power it isn't some icon in pop culture or memorable flop. This was originally some star making oppurtunity for Rosanna Arquette, who is the main character of this film. Her character is the dullest of everyone, not respressed, not uber religious, and she doesn't have any attributes that would suggest rebellion other than blandness. Her husband at least cheats, lies, and does drugs. Madonna's character is also boring, but in the out of place misfit way. The only main difference in her compared to everyone else is her attire, which was out of place next to the yuppie moneybags of Wall Street, but by 1985 had gone mainstream. Madonna does some of her worst acting here, not that she was that great an actress to begin with. The plot is so obvious and banal, and right when I thought they would go somewhere else with it, it faltered and died. The mistaken personality gambit was just as cliched as ever, and nothing new came of it. The only deciding factor in a person's enjoyment of this was the charm of nostalgia, the soundtrack and clothes and blithe attitudes of the disenfranchised was such a trip down history lane. Madonna really clinches it, but it doesn't hurt that extras included John Turturro, Steven Wright, Laurie Metcalf. The best aspect is the relationship between Rosanna Arquette and Aiden Quinn, the unknown hipster love interest of the nineties, ala Benny and Joon. It was quirky, cute, and extremely sweet, but doomed from the start.
  Spencer S Super Reviewer
• Sep 06, 2010

  Maybe Madonna wasn't the best actress, but it doesn't matter in this movie, the story is good and interesting and funny. Plus Arquette gives a good performance, which makes up for Madonna's. I really enjoyed this movie, it's charming.
  Aj V Super Reviewer
• Apr 05, 2010

  It's an ok movie about mistaken identity but I think it would have been a lot better had the movie been about Arquette and Madonna hanging out rather than being apart for nearly the whole flick. It was a little slow at parts and there was one thing in the plot that made me roll my eyes a little but it was watchable. Very 80's and that was worth the price for the walk down memory lane as I was a fan of that decade.
  Jason S Super Reviewer

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