nelsonmuntz
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Bad - Beaches. This is a sappy, emotionally manipulative, 2 hours of Chinese water torture. Bette Midler is over the top annoying, and Barbara Hershey is a lousy actress. The overacting is topped only by the endless parade of melodrama. Awful, awful, movie that a lot of women over 35 love.
As an aside, the only movie I have ever liked Bette Midler in was Ruthless People, where she plays someone so annoying that her husband doesn't want to pay ransom to get her back when she is kidnapped. That seems realistic to me.
Good - Delores Claibourne - 2.5 hours of Maine going gangsta. David Straitharn is one of my favorite character actors, and Kathy Bates, John Reilly and Christopher Plummer are always awesome. Judy Parfit steals the show as Vera Donovan. Jennifer Jason Leigh has gone downhill since Fast Times, but the rest of the cast carries her.
Any others?
As an aside, the only movie I have ever liked Bette Midler in was Ruthless People, where she plays someone so annoying that her husband doesn't want to pay ransom to get her back when she is kidnapped. That seems realistic to me.
Good - Delores Claibourne - 2.5 hours of Maine going gangsta. David Straitharn is one of my favorite character actors, and Kathy Bates, John Reilly and Christopher Plummer are always awesome. Judy Parfit steals the show as Vera Donovan. Jennifer Jason Leigh has gone downhill since Fast Times, but the rest of the cast carries her.
Any others?