Title DossierComedy

Beaches

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Wealthy privileged San Francisco debutante Hillary Whitney Essex and cynical struggling entertainer C. C. Bloom share a turbulent, but strong friendship over the years.

Year

1989

Duration

2h 3m

IMDb

7.0

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Cast

Garry Marshall

Director

Bette Midler

CC Bloom

Barbara Hershey

Hillary Whitney Essex

Cast

Garry Marshall

Director

Bette Midler

CC Bloom

Barbara Hershey

Hillary Whitney Essex

John Heard

John Pierce

Spalding Gray

Dr. Richard Milstein

Lainie Kazan

Leona Bloom

James Read

Michael Essex

Grace Johnston

Victoria Essex

Mayim Bialik

CC (age 11)

Marcie Leeds

Hillary (age 11)

Carol Williard

Aunt Vesta

Allan Kent

Mr. Melman

Phil Leeds

Sammy Pinkers

LG

Lynda Goodfriend

Mrs. Myandowski

NP

Nikki Plant

Iris Myandowski

MF

Michael French

Head Waiter

Robert Ball

Harry

Frank Campanella

Doorman

DF

Diane Frazen

Marjorie

Iris Rainer

Writer

Mary Agnes Donoghue

Writer

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اسامه رمضانNov 16, 2024

a very moving movie, about a friendship with barbara hershey and bette midler.. very sad from brooklyn,, and bette midler is great, and john hurt is also fantastic. see it one time for it is a very sad and heart wrenching movie. taxes the soul with strong emotion, especially for the feeling of lost ones and lost friends.

Prince_BellitiINov 15, 2024

What a joke of a movie. The writing was especially bad...the acting wasn't much better. I like tearjerkers, but this one had me laughing due to the inane dialogue. What a joke!

user169561891565Nov 12, 2024

Film follows the friendship of two very different women over the course of their lives--loud, tacky, driven CC (Bette Midler) and quiet, demure Hilary (Barbara Hershey). CC will do everything to become an actress and singer--Hilary isn't sure what she wants. This is commonly referred to as a "chick flick". Now I LIKE those types of movies and I think Midler and Hershey are great actresses (and singer in Midler's case) but I REALLY hated this film. It starts off OK but slowly falls to pieces. At the halfway point I started to truly despise this movie. There's HORRIBLE dialogue and such clichéd situations and characters that I was literally rolling my eyes a few times. I began to hate it more and more and by the end I was fed up completely. The movie is so completely obvious I was truly shocked. When a character is diagnosed with a fatal disease I came close to throwing something at my TV screen. And it takes her FOREVER to die! The movie has at least three different endings--all bad--and the REAL ending is so horribly manipulative I was stunned! Many people said they cried at the end--I did too--tears of JOY that this dreck was finally OVER!!! It's really astounding that people think this is a great movie. It WAS a huge hit in 1988--that's kind of sad. I'm giving it a 3 instead of a 1 for a few reasons--It was great to see Lainine Kazan and John Heard (although they're given nothing to do); "Wind Beneath My Wings" is a great song; and Hershey and Midler were good despite the material. Midler especially made the most of her few good lines. But this is a morbid, sick, depressing and insulting movie. Avoid it like the plague!

Sandra🌸Afia🌸BoakyewaaNov 10, 2024

A chick flick that appeals to all. The "sunset/hearse" cut was the most poignant death scene I've ever seen in film. Have to admit I was teary on that one. This is the kind of film that tugs at the heartstrings..guy or gal