Postcards from the Edge (1990)

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Directed by

Mike Nichols

Starring (View all)

Meryl Streep
Suzanne Vale

Shirley MacLaine
Doris Mann

Dennis Quaid
Jack Faulkner

Gene Hackman
Lowell Kolchek

Richard Dreyfuss
Doctor Frankenthal

Rob Reiner
Joe Pierce

Mary Wickes
Grandma

Conrad Bain
Grandpa

Written by

Carrie Fisher
(book)

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An average movie

6 years, 11 months ago at Oct 5 9:41

johanlefourbe

Since Meryl Streep is my favorite actress, I definitely had to watch this flick at some point. Even though it is definitely not one of her best movies, I thought it was a decent satire. I mean, she was really great, as usual, completely disappearing behind her character but I thought that, even though the material was pretty dark and really interesting, the tone was just too light for my taste. Fu... read more

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Description: Mike Nichols lends some comic structure to Carrie Fisher's best-selling confessional novel concerning a woman's struggles with drug addiction and mother-daughter rivalry (subjects Fisher admits to understanding all too well). Synopsis by Paul Brenner Read more at [Link removed - login to see] ... (more)

Release date: 14 September 1990
UPC: 043396058484

Tags: Comedy (8), 1990 (7), Drama (6), Alcoholism (3), 1990s (3), Based On A Novel (2), Carrie Fisher (2), Book (1), AA (1), Filmmaking (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Adapted From Carrie Fisher (1), Drugs (1), Biographical (1), Sort (1), Actors (1), Singers (1), 90s (1), SnP (1), Usa (1)

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