Movie · Comedy

Bombastic wannabe actress Sandy Borzinsky (Bette Midler) and persnickety Hollywood hopeful Lauren Ames (Shelley Long) land in the same popular acting class and immediately find they can't stand one another. Worse still, the natural adversaries realize they share the same boyfriend, Michael Sanders (Peter Coyote), who then dies suddenly in an explosion. Believing he's still alive, they set out to find him, only to discover they're being chased by spies, and that Michael is not who they thought.

1987 · 1h 35m
Director Arthur Hiller

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Bombastic wannabe actress Sandy Borzinsky (Bette Midler) and persnickety Hollywood hopeful Lauren Ames (Shelley Long) land in the same popular acting class and immediately find they can't stand one another. Worse still, the natural adversaries realize they share the same boyfriend, Michael Sanders (Peter Coyote), who then dies suddenly in an explosion. Believing he's still alive, they set out to find him, only to discover they're being chased by spies, and that Michael is not who they thought.

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Average 5.5
Reviews 26
Fresh 15
Rotten 11

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Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Released
1987
Run Time
1 hr 35 min
Rated
R
Region of Origin
United States
© 1987 Touchstone Pictures. All Rights Reserved

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (Canada) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), French (Canada)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.