The movie traces the 30-year oil-and-water friendship, including their love for the same man, between free-spirited Bronx Jew CC Bloom and uptight San Francisco WASP Hillary Essex.
26 December 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 May 1958, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 June 1935, New York, New York, USA
31 October 1953, Miami, Florida, USA
1936, New York, USA
13 October 1917, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
12 October 1980, USA
14 June 1944, Buffalo, New York, USA
22 October 1959, New Jersey, USA
7 March 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
5 February 1960
5 June 1941, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
14 February 1951, California, USA
19 May 1907, California, USA
7 July 1964, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
14 June 1952, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
25 January 1957, Kinloch, Missouri, USA
17 July 1952, San Francisco, California, USA
April 27, 2005
there are few horrors as singularly terrifying as this movie
January 02, 2011
Make some popcorn and get out the Kleenex.
August 10, 2010
Garry Marhsall's unbearabaly schmaltzy and stereotyical medlodrama contrasts a brassy Jewish singer with an elegant WASPy socialite that even actresses like Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey cannot elevate or rescue.
April 07, 2010
The film's oily overdefinition of various class and cultural categories is strident enough to betray a condescending attitude toward the audience.
February 20, 2007
Maudlin & weepy with tender performances by Midler and Hershey.
February 27, 2003
Horrible... just horrible.
October 18, 2002
breaks your heart
June 11, 2003
Vile trash.
April 16, 2005
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.
July 26, 2002
Chick-flick extreme, heavy on the syrup.
November 08, 2016
Midler's singing is the only pleasant part of the film. The rest of it you've seen and heard before -- and better.
May 08, 2005
...it seems obvious that certain audiences will get a whole lot more out of it than others.
