The First Wives Club (1996)
Storyline
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!
Directors
Cast
Diane Keaton, J.K. Simmons, Victor Garber, Dan Hedaya, Rob Reiner, Timothy Olyphant, James Naughton, Maggie Smith, Sarah Jessica Parker, Adria Tennor, Heather Locklear, Philip Bosco, Goldie Hawn, Marcia Gay Harden, Dina Spybey-Waters, Stephen Collins, Elizabeth Berkley, Stockard Channing, Bette Midler, Bronson Pinchot, Eileen Heckart, Jennifer Dundas, Ari Greenberg, Ivana Trump, Michele Brilliant, Juliehera DeStefano, Lea DeLaria
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Reviews
100
It's a glamorous revenge romp, a "9 to 5" mixed with "Auntie Mame," and it gives each star the opportunity to do her best work in a long, long time.
88
Rolling Stone
The movie, from the 1992 best seller by Olivia Goldsmith, isn't deathless art. But as pure entertainment, this witty revenge romp is sinfully satisfying.
80
And thanks to great existential one-liners from scriptwriter Robert Harling (with appropriate plaudits to novelist Olivia Goldsmith, of course), gender warfare is made amusing for almost everyone.
75
It's funnier, and bitchier, than Clare Boothe Luce's "The Women," and, best of all, it showcases three wonderful actresses who have rarely been better.
70
On one level, The First Wives Club is a snappy satire, well written by Robert Harling (also the author of "Steel Magnolias"--another vehicle for women).
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