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Despondent over the marriage of her ex-husband to a younger woman, a middle-aged divorcée plunges to her death from her penthouse. At the woman's funeral, her former college friends (Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton) reunite for the first time in nearly 30 years. When the three discover the reason for their friend's suicide, they realize that all of their ex-husbands have taken them for granted -- and deciding it's time for revenge, they make a pact to get back at their exes.

1996 · 1h 42m
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Director Hugh Wilson

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The First Wives Club

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Despondent over the marriage of her ex-husband to a younger woman, a middle-aged divorcée plunges to her death from her penthouse. At the woman's funeral, her former college friends (Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton) reunite for the first time in nearly 30 years. When the three discover the reason for their friend's suicide, they realize that all of their ex-husbands have taken them for granted -- and deciding it's time for revenge, they make a pact to get back at their exes.

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Average 5.7
Reviews 78
Fresh 39
Rotten 39

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Studio
Paramount
Released
1996
Run Time
1 hr 42 min
Rated
7+
Region of Origin
United States
© 1996 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch , Finnish (Finland) , French , German (Germany) , Hindi , Italian , Korean , Norwegian (Norway) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish (Sweden) , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish , Vietnamese

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.