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Beaches

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Beaches (1988)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:6

Rotten:16

Average Rating:4.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The story of a deep friendship, lasting from childhood to beyond death, between two very different women -- one a poor but ambitious Jewish girl from the Bronx who goes on to become a famous... The story of a deep friendship, lasting from childhood to beyond death, between two very different women -- one a poor but ambitious Jewish girl from the Bronx who goes on to become a famous Broadway star, and the other an attractive WASP from a wealthy San Francisco family who starts out with all the advantages in life yet manages to find nothing but disappointment. [More]

Starring: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Lainie Kazan

Starring: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Lainie Kazan

Director: Garry Marshall

Director: Garry Marshall

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07/16/08
Cole Smithey
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Maudlin & weepy with tender performances by Midler and Hershey.

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02/20/07
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

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06/14/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

...it seems obvious that certain audiences will get a whole lot more out of it than others.

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David Nusair
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04/30/05
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

there are few horrors as singularly terrifying as this movie

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04/27/05
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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04/26/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

I enjoyed the first forty-five minutes of Beaches. Beyond that, I kept looking at my watch wondering when it was ever going to end.

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04/16/05
John J. Puccio
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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08/21/03
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
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Vile trash.

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Janet Maslin
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Horrible... just horrible.

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02/27/03
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11/18/02
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

breaks your heart

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10/18/02
Karina Montgomery
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Cinerina
 
 
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