A drug-detoxed Hollywood actress (Meryl Streep) moves in with her boozing actress mother (Shirley... (Learn more)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid (View All)
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Starring: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid
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). Meryl Streep, in her most full-blown comic performance up to that point, plays Suzanne Vale, a popular movie actress well on her way to a Hollywood crack-up. Suzanne suffers from blackouts and memory lapses, and awakens in the beds of men she doesn't remember; she is a barely-functioning wreck on the set of her latest movie. When a coke dealer who delivers stops by her dressing room between takes, she swiftly finds herself being rushed to the hospital, suffering the effects of a narcotics bender. While in detox, Suzanne attempts to piece her life and career back together, but her confidence is shattered when her mother arrives at the rehab clinic -- Doris Mann, a famed film icon from the 1950s and 1960s (Shirley MacLaine). Doris is soon soaking up the adulation and applause of Suzanne's fellow recovering drug addicts. Upon Suzanne's release, she must compete with her mother for attention and fame as she tries to walk a thin line as a recovering drug abuser. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
9/12/90
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
101 mins.
Locations
- Hollywood, CA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$36,872,999
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical award at the 1990 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1990 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 1990 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Song award at the 1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Song award at the 1990 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
Distributor
- Columbia Pictures
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Releasing
