Beaches

Name: Beaches
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Released: December 21, 1988
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Bette Midler, Carol Williard, Grace Johnston, James Read

1988

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: December 21, 1988 | PG-13

Starring: Barbara Hershey, Bette Midler, Carol Williard, Grace Johnston, James Read, John Heard, Lainie Kazan, Marcie Leeds, Mayim Bialik, Spalding Gray

Summary: When the irrepressible C.C. Bloom (Bette Midler) and the shy and proper Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey) first meet under the boardwalk at the beach, all the 11-year-olds have in common is the need for a best friend. Worlds apart in lifestyle and location, their friendship ebbs and flows through a lifetime of highs and lows, careerWhen the irrepressible C.C. Bloom (Bette Midler) and the shy and proper Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey) first meet under the boardwalk at the beach, all the 11-year-olds have in common is the need for a best friend. Worlds apart in lifestyle and location, their friendship ebbs and flows through a lifetime of highs and lows, career changes, marriages, jealousy, and more. From the boardwalk in Atlantic City to the beach house on the Pacific, BEACHES may remind you of what being a true friend means. … Expand

Director: Garry Marshall

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Music

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 123 min

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Rita Kempley

Whatever its failings, Beaches speaks to women. It makes girlfriends think of calling girlfriends they haven't seen in 10, 20, 30 years. You can live without love, but "you've got to have friends," as Midler sings. Read full review

Martha Baker

Beaches is worth seeing simply for the production number in which Midler puts her bosom to good use, and watching the buck-toothed, flamingo-haired Mayim Bialik perform as Midler at 11 is so realistic one wonders if magic mirrors have been used.[15 Jan 1989, p.6C]

Jay Scott

Laughter, tears and Bette Midler: Santa's done a whole lot worse. [23 Dec 1988]

Dave Kehr

Beaches is a melodrama in the original sense of the term: a drama with music. And as long as the melo is handled by Bette Midler, who performs half a dozen songs, Beaches can`t be all bad. But the drama, as transacted between Midler and Barbara Hershey, is pretty dreadful. Read full review

Jay Boyar

This is the sort of picture in which people slap each other as they take their marriage vows, suddenly develop life-threatening diseases, and, again, have violent confrontations whenever there's a break in the action. Anything for a laugh, anything for a tear, and nothing much authentic. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

The film's oily overdefinition of various class and cultural categories (ranging from “poor” and “well-to-do” to “avant-garde” and “vulgar”) is strident enough to betray a condescending attitude toward the audience. Read full review

Jay Carr

Although we're only two weeks into 1989, we've already got a movie so resoundingly awful that it's bound to stand the test of time and emerge as one of the year's worst. [13 Jan 1989, p.48]

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