Plot
Based on Terry McMillan's novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with the male gender.
Release Year: 1995
Rating: 5.0/10 (4,429 voted)
Director:
Forest Whitaker
Stars: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine
Storyline This story based on the best selling novel by Terry McMillan follows the lives of four African-American women as they try to deal with their very lives. Friendship becomes the strongest bond between these women as men, careers, and families take them in different directions. Often light-hearted this movie speaks about some of the problems and struggles the modern women face in today's world.
Writers: Terry McMillan, Terry McMillan
Cast: Whitney Houston
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Savannah Jackson
Angela Bassett
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Bernadine Harris
Loretta Devine
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Gloria Matthews
Lela Rochon
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Robin Stokes
Gregory Hines
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Marvin King
Dennis Haysbert
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Kenneth Dawkins
Mykelti Williamson
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Troy
Michael Beach
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John Harris, Sr.
Leon
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Russell
Wendell Pierce
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Michael Davenport
Donald Faison
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Tarik Matthews
Jeffrey D. Sams
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Lionel
Jazz Raycole
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Onika Harris
Brandon Hammond
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John Harris, Jr.
Kenya Moore
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Denise
Taglines:
Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.
Release Date: 22 December 1995
Filming Locations: Chandler, Arizona, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $16,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $81,452,156
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Director Forest Whitaker was the unanimous first choice of the film's producers and screenwriters.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When Robin is in bed with Michael, she takes off her underwear and then when he goes to put the condom on, but a minute later her underwear is still on.
Quotes: Gloria:
Your father's coming home on Tuesday. Tarik:
And? First of all, he ain't my father, he's my daddy; there's a big damn difference.
User Review
Good movie
Rating: 9/10
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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