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Overview

User Rating:
4.9/10   3,481 votes
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Director:

Forest Whitaker

Writers (WGA):

Terry McMillan (novel)
Terry McMillan (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

22 December 1995 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance 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)

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 148:00 AMBRAVO   


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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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some strong sexuality.

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Filming Locations:

Chandler, Arizona, USA more


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Trivia:

Director Forest Whitaker was the unanimous first choice of the film's producers and screenwriters. more

Goofs:

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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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Good movie, 5 March 2002
9/10
Author: sam_nas

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.

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