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Mrs. Winterbourne Photos

(L-R) Ricki Lake as Connie Doyle and Shirley MacLaine as Grace Winterbourne in "Mrs. Winterbourne."

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Movie Info

Connie (Ricki Lake), unwed and pregnant, is heading to Boston by train when she meets wealthy newlyweds Hugh (Brendan Fraser) and Patricia (also Lake). The train crashes, and when Connie comes to in the hospital, she is mistaken for Patricia, who died in the crash with Hugh. Opting to play along, Connie gets in even deeper when she meets Hugh's family in Boston and discovers no one had ever met Patricia -- and that Hugh has a handsome twin brother, Bill (also Fraser).

Rating:

PG-13
Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Richard Benjamin
Producer:

Dale Pollock, Ross Canter, Oren Koules
Writer:

Phoef Sutton, Lisa Maria Radano
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA):

$8.8M
Runtime:

1h 44m
Production Co:

TriStar Pictures, A&M Films
Sound Mix:

Surround, Stereo

Cast & Crew

Shirley MacLaine
Grace Winterbourne

Ricki Lake
Connie Doyle

Brendan Fraser
Bill, Hugh Winterbourne

Miguel Sandoval
Paco

Loren Dean
Steve DeCunzo

Peter Gerety
Father Brian Kilraine

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Critic Reviews for Mrs. Winterbourne

All Critics (30) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (27)

For a Cinderella story, it's sorely without magic.

August 3, 2009

Rita Kempley
Washington Post
The brazen sentimentality at work here -- while effective in the context of what some might call "a chick flick"-- doesn't give the material much weight.

June 20, 2008

Brian Lowry
Variety
Lake is a rather chilly and distinctly unpersuasive presence.

June 24, 2006 | Full Review…

Time Out
A waste of Fraser and MacLaine, utter failure of tone.

April 4, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Nell Minow
Movie Mom
Quote not available.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/4

Susan Stark
Detroit News
This is more of a movie to see on video, on an empty night when you need something to hurl at the gloom.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
...watchable and unexpectedly engaging...

June 13, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
The result is indigestible.

August 3, 2009 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
You'll be saying 'No, Ricki!' instead of 'Go Ricki!'

September 14, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
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August 8, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Quote not available.

December 21, 2004 | Rating: 2/5

Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
Cute and relatively inoffensive. At times, even funny.

September 17, 2004 | Rating: 3/5

Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

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Audience Reviews for Mrs. Winterbourne

Oct 27, 2012

Absolutely charming romance. Brendan Fraser, for once, does not deliver an absurd performance. An Shiley MacLaine is wonderful.

Christian C Super Reviewer
May 09, 2009

This was quite a nice Movie with Brendan Fraser.

Lilo C Super Reviewer
Apr 25, 2008

Mixed feelings but I like Ricci Lake and Shirley MacLaine in this.

Sunil J Super Reviewer
Sep 23, 2007

I really love this film. I dunno why. I think it's because Ricki Lake seems like someone you may actually meet. Cute story..and Shirley MacLaine owns it.

Hogans H Super Reviewer