Meryl Streep,
Shirley MacLaine,
Dennis Quaid,
Gene Hackman,
Richard Dreyfuss
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Mike Nichols lends some comic structure to Carrie Fisher's best-selling confessional novel concerning a woman's struggles with drug addiction and mother-daughter rivalry (subjects Fisher admits to und... read more
DVD Release Date: May 1, 2001
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May 3, 2011Cast: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Mary Wickes, Conrad Bain, Annette Bening, Simon Callow
Director: Mike Nichols
Summary: Carrie Fisher's scathing, hilarious and confessional novel -- adapted from her own best-s... read more -
January 13, 2011A cute little comedy with obvious influences from the inspiring book written by none other than Carrie Fisher. Her biting wit and Hollywood insight made for a highly original film. At the front of the cast is the amazing Meryl Streep who portrays another junkie looking for a reas... read more
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December 26, 2009Unfocused film lingers between comedy and drama without ever really deciding where it should stand. Boring, talky and misleading, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE stars Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep as mother and daughter Doris and Suzanne, respectively. As it's to be expected, both l... read more
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January 31, 2007A fantastic, consistently amusing, satire about the wacky world of Hollywood between Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine. It's very funny.
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March 29, 2009Good mother/daughter chemistry from MacLaine and Streep and some great musical performances.
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June 8, 2011This cast were all in a place where they could pick & choose at the time, so they picked a Good one from their many & varied choices.This Movie is about the effects of Drug Addiction, Fame, friendship, & Family, well acted & a Superb Story.Meryl Steep & Shirley MacClaine, Gene Ha... read more
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March 22, 2010pretty enjoyable, despite all the mother/daughter angst. great singing from meryl and shirley, of course.
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June 12, 2008Another sleeper worth seeing! I really like this film and it's fully packed with good actors & actresses. I very much recommend this film...
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July 16, 2007Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine are perfect together. Both do their own singing, which is even more impressive. Streep gives one of the strongest comedic performances of her legendary career. Great screenplay and brilliant direction by Mike Nichols.
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July 2, 2007Not a WHOLE lot of reasons to see this but among them are:
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep singing the blues and country
Meryl Streep shooting at Dennis Quaid's feet and saying "Relax. They're blanks. Asshole."
a fairly good screenplay
and I guess Shirley MacLaine
Critic Reviews
October 5, 2011
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
October 5, 2011
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
In this era of postverbal cinema, Postcards proves that movie dialogue can still carry the sting, heft and meaning of the finest old romantic comedy. Full Review
March 26, 2009
Variety Staff, Variety
Packs a fair amount of emotional wallop in its dark-hued comic take on a chemically dependent Hollywood mother and daughter. Full Review
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times
''Postcards From the Edge'' is a vehicle, but it's a custom-built Rolls. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Streep gives the most fully articulated comic performance of her career, the one she's always hinted at and made us hope for. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
For all the jagged, witty chatter -- and Streep and MacLaine do their tragicomic damnedest with it -- "Postcard" provides the most rudimentary and jury-rigged of outcomes. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Postcards from the Edge" contains too much good writing and too many good performances to be a failure, but its heart is not in the right place. Full Review
January 1, 1990
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
For the first time in years, [Streep] lives a role instead of ''acting'' it - and in doing so, she becomes more of an actress than ever. Full Review
March 19, 2012
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Nichols' version of Carrie Fisher's memoir of a drug-addicted actress (well played by Meryl Streep), and her troubled bond with her famous mother (inspired by mom Debbie Reynolds) is sleek, shallow an... Full Review
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