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Writers (WGA):
Terry McMillan (novel)
Terry McMillan (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
22 December 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.
Plot:
Based on Terry McMillan's novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with the male gender. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
8 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
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User Comments:
Good movie more (46 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Whitney Houston | ... | Savannah 'Vannah' Jackson |
 | Angela Bassett | ... | Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris |
 | Loretta Devine | ... | Gloria 'Glo' Matthews |
 | Lela Rochon | ... | Robin Stokes |
 | Gregory Hines | ... | Marvin King |
 | Dennis Haysbert | ... | Kenneth Dawkins |
 | Mykelti Williamson | ... | Troy |
 | Michael Beach | ... | John Harris, Sr. |
 | Leon | ... | Russell |
 | Wendell Pierce | ... | Michael Davenport |
 | Donald Faison | ... | Tarik Matthews |
 | Jeffrey D. Sams | ... | Lionel |
 | Jazz Raycole | ... | Onika Harris |
| Brandon Hammond | ... | John Harris, Jr. |
| Kenya Moore | ... | Denise |
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Rated R for language and some strong sexuality.
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127 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Singapore:M18 | Iceland:L | South Korea:18 | Germany:12 (f) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R
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Director Forest Whitaker was the unanimous first choice of the film's producers and screenwriters. more
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Continuity: When Bernie meets James Wheeler in the hotel bar, his hands keep changing their position on the bar between shots. more
Quotes:
Troy:
You black bitches are all the same.
Robin:
Bitch?
Troy:
Y'all always complaining about how nobody don't want your ass, don't nobody know how to treat ya! Then you meet a man, a brother, with genuine interest in ya, and you gotta act simple. Then you wonder why we date white women.
Robin:
A white woman can have your sorry ass!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Century of Black Cinema (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Kissing You more
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This was a good movie, even though I'm not the target audience. It's nice to see that black women had a movie about them, and thanks to the star power of Whitney Houston it became no.1 and was a big hit. I am actually tired of reading little comments saying that Whitney isn't that good of an actress because all of those comments are based on the fact that she's a singer. If she wasn't a famous singer, nobody would say anything bad about her acting. IMO, she acted very well just like in all her movies, she's not an oscar caliber actress (very few are) but she definitely has screen presence, charisma and gets the job done. Stop hating her because she's a singer, unlike Madonna or Mariah, Whitney at least did some quality work with some quality people, and she hasn't had flops & horrible movies.