Bette Midler,
Barbara Hershey,
John Heard,
Spalding Gray,
Lainie Kazan
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Based on a novel by Iris Rainer Dart, Beaches traces the 30-year oil-and-water friendship between free-spirited Bronx Jew CC Bloom (Bette Midler) and uptight San Francisco WASP Hillary Essex (Barbara ... read more
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Release Date: December 21, 1988
Keywords:
chick flick,
bette midler,
best friend,
barbara hershey,
Bette Midler ,
New York ,
Barbara Hershey ,
Mayim Bialik ,
Garry Marshall
DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005
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March 29, 2011I found the friendship was really weird to be honest, more like a old married couple, that turned into whose cock is bigger slagging match.
I did enjoy this movie, i loved the songs and i loved the cast.
It was a funny sad drama of friendship that was really captivating.
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June 8, 2010Such awful, awful melodrama, but I love it! DID YOU EVER KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY HEEEEROOOO?
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March 1, 2010A Bette Midler film that didn't make me want to kill myself. I actually really liked it and have been meaning to watch it for some time now. My girlfriend was pleased, out of every awful film she has made me watch, I was told in no uncertain terms I must not hate this film and bu... read more
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July 30, 2007this is my mom's favorite movie. she LOVES bette midler, which i find weird because bette midler always plays really angry women who are totally dislikable. anyways, this movie is quite touching and i'm pretty sure this guy directed princess diaries (?) which wasn't good but this... read more
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January 23, 2007i saw it when i was 9. i dont remember it but i have no interest in seeing it again
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Critic Reviews
April 7, 2010
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
January 2, 2011
Sarah Wenk, Common Sense Media
Make some popcorn and get out the Kleenex. Full Review
August 10, 2010
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Garry Marhsall's unbearabaly schmaltzy and stereotyical medlodrama contrasts a brassy Jewish singer with an elegant WASPy socialite that even actresses like Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey cannot ele... Full Review
February 20, 2007
Steve Crum, Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers
Maudlin & weepy with tender performances by Midler and Hershey.
May 8, 2005
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...it seems obvious that certain audiences will get a whole lot more out of it than others. Full Review
April 27, 2005
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
there are few horrors as singularly terrifying as this movie Full Review
April 16, 2005
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
I enjoyed the first forty-five minutes of Beaches. Beyond that, I kept looking at my watch wondering when it was ever going to end. Full Review
June 11, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
Vile trash.
February 27, 2003
Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner
Horrible... just horrible.
October 18, 2002
Karina Montgomery, Cinerina
breaks your heart
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