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Outrageous Fortune (1987)

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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 10  Rotten:10 Average Rating: 5/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Synopsis: Two would-be actresses, one serious about her craft but unable to get a job, the other brash and perfectly willing to act in porno films to make the rent, join an acting class given by a world-renowned Russian. They discover, to their outrage, that they are sleeping with the same man and, because... Two would-be actresses, one serious about her craft but unable to get a job, the other brash and perfectly willing to act in porno films to make the rent, join an acting class given by a world-renowned Russian. They discover, to their outrage, that they are sleeping with the same man and, because of his him, become embroiled in an international spy caper. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Bette Midler, Shelley Long, George Carlin, Peter Coyote

Director: Arthur Hiller

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 3, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case

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4/5

Engaging, undemanding stuff.

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06/23/08
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As a vehicle for their considerable comic talents, the enterprise is wheelclamped by typecasting.

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01/26/06
Time Out
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2/4

The plot here has been played out hundreds of times (and often better) in other films.

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06/23/08
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Midler and Long are never less than fun to watch.

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06/23/08
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Variety
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2/5

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06/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

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09/10/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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1/5

A female buddy-buddy movie which grows more and more tiresome as it unspools

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08/25/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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3/5

Pretty funny star comedy with a couple hysterical bits.

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03/01/04
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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3/5

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01/29/04
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com
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3/5

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06/10/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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1/5

I'm STILL trying to figure out why this film was a hit.

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03/04/03
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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4/5

Great comedic pairing. Good fun.

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02/13/03
Gerry Shamray
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
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3/5

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01/04/03
Josh Ralske
All Movie Guide
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1/5

I shudder to think that a Shelley Long-Bette Midler pairing could have been considered a sure thing by anyone, at any time.

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11/01/02
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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07/31/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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There's more regressive coyness in this buddy adventure-comedy than anyone should have to sit through in a lifetime...

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01/01/00
Pat Graham
Chicago Reader
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Such rarefied screen writing calls for the peerless talents of Arthur Hiller, a director with the comic timing of a tax auditor.

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01/01/00
Paul Attanasio
Washington Post
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Every bit as rude and wonderful as Ruthless People...

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01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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Unfortunately, the movie is so busy cross-polinating its genres that it never pauses for the kind of thought that might have made it really special, instead of just fitfully funny.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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