Outrageous Fortune

Name: Outrageous Fortune
Genre: Comedy
Released: January 30, 1987
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Anthony Heald, Bette Midler, Florence Stanley, George Carlin, Jerry Zaks

1987

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: January 30, 1987 | R

Starring: Anthony Heald, Bette Midler, Florence Stanley, George Carlin, Jerry Zaks, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, John Schuck, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky, Shelley Long

Summary: Two women unknowingly share the same man, but when he disappears, both go out looking for him and enter his surprisingly dangerous life.

Director: Arthur Hiller

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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Empire William Thomas

Leslie Dixon’s script is effective, though sometimes seems stranded between the domestic humour and the big issues being played out. Still, engaging, undemanding stuff. Read full review

Ted Mahar

Midler and Long are great together, and the dialogue is hilarious. [22 Nov 1987, p.11]

Kevin Thomas

Long and Midler are so good they almost make us forget that Outrageous Fortune is yet another elaborate chase movie with the usual comic CIA and KGB stooges and vast, familiar stretches of Southwestern deserts. Read full review

Thomas B. Harrison

The two women seem genuinely comfortable with each other, and it shows in their unselfishness and timing in a film that moves from verbal humor to slapstick. [30 Jan 1987, p.4D]

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As a vehicle for their considerable comic talents, the enterprise is wheelclamped by type casting. Read full review

Dave Kehr

It's a dim, thoroughly synthetic film, so far removed from its source--much less from any original creative impulse--that it barely seems to exist. [30 Jan 1987, p.A]

Rick Groen

Outrageous Fortune is a genuine waste of talent (Midler, Long and Coyote all have it) and time (the standard 90 minutes' worth). [30 Jan 1987]

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