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(Police Academy, Burglar, The First Wives Club, Guarding Tess)
Producer:
Scott Rudin
Screenplay:
Robert Harling
Music:
Marc Shaiman
Cast:
Elise: Goldie Hawn Brenda: Bette Midler Annie: Diane Keaton Gunilla Goldberg: Maggie Smith Shelley Stewart: Sarah Jessica Parker Morty Cushman: Dan Hedaya Cynthia: Stockard Channing Aaron Paradis: Stephen Collins Phoebe LaVelle: Elizabeth Berkeley Dr. Leslie Rosen: Marcia Gay Harden Duarto Feliz: Bronson Pinchot Uncle Carmine: Philip Bosco Dr. Morris Packman: Rob Reiner Herself: Ivana Trump
The First Wives Club
stars three of Hollywood's best-known middle aged
actresses, Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton in a tale
of three women, each of whom have spent their lives living for their other half,
only to have it all thrown back in their faces 25 years down the line when they
are traded in for a newer, curvier model.
Elise is an actress well past her prime, but still aiming for those underage
parts by having every part of her body nipped, tucked, and lifted, not to
mention having plenty of collagen injected into her lips. Brenda is a woman
who spent her life doing everything to please her husband, and is now having
to prepare for her son's Barmitzvah. Annie is separated from her
Advertising-Evecutive husband but thinks she can woo him back and the won't
have to cope with her daughter's new-found lesbianism on her own.
First, best friends at college, they are brought back together by the tragic
news that their other best friend, Cynthia (in a cameo role from Stockard
Channing), has committed suicide after being endlessly taken for granted
by her husband. After sharing their tales of woe, they decide that enough is
enough, and form the First Wives Club, a plan to turn pain into gain
by hitting their ex's right where it really hurts - in the wallet. Once this
is complete, their club is open to every woman who wants to exact revenge.
The casting of the leads is well-chosen, although the script was probably
written with these three in mind. Goldie Hawn continues to look younger than
her years, while Diane Keaton suits the frumpy, motherly type, and Bette Midler
as the always-worried Jewish mother.
The always-welcome Dan Hedaya fulfils his comic role as Brenda's ex,
and Sarah Jessica Parker overacts enough to play his young plaything.
Elizabeth Berkeley could probably do the same for Elise's ex, but
only gets to appear in two speaking scenes throughout the whole film.
The rest of the cast is fleshed out with Maggie Smith and
Bronson Pinchot as the two people picked out by Elise, Brenda and
Annie to aid them in the downfall of their ex-husbands, with Pinchot
effectively reprising his role in the first and third Beverly Hills Cop
films as an effeminate, obsessed designer. Marcia Gay Harden appears
as Annie's psychiatrist, and their are cameos from Rob Reiner as Elise's
plastic surgeon and Ivana Trump as herself telling the girls something
from her own experience - Don't get mad, get everything!
The picture is presented in an anamorphic 1.85:1 ratio with some artifacts
noticeable and a general slight hazy look to it, which mars the entertainment to a
degree.
The average bitrate is a high 8.32Mb/s, often peaking over 9Mb/s.
The sound, in Dolby Digital 5.1 for English and German languages, has no room for
faults as it comes across very clear at all times, although it's mostly used for
ambience, incidental music or American MOR songs used as a backdrop to describe the
scene instead of dialogue.
Extras :
Chapters :
36 chapters for the 98-minute running time which is excellent.
Languages/Subtitles :
Dolby Digital 5.1 in English and German, whilst those of Hungarian
and Czech origin only get a surround option. Subtitles are available in
English (and hard of hearing), German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish,
Dutch, Turkish, Arabic and Icelandic.
And there's more... :
A two-minute theatrical trailer only.
Menu :
A basic static and silent menu with a shot of the front cover and the usual
options.
Overall, the main thing lacking in this whole package is at the hands of the film itself.
The film doesn't really live up to the idea and drags on by 15 minutes more
than it needs to by causing Elise and Brenda to have a bust-up and a
name-calling session, following the announcement of Brenda's ex getting engaged
to his "pre-schooler" and Elise's continuing alcoholism bringing things to a
head, before eventually getting things back on track. There are, however, a
number of clever one-liners and situations early on in the film, although
given the subject matter this is more a film for women than men.
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