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Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer
Born 29 April 1958, in Santa Ana, California

Wise Words: "I still think people will find out that I'm really not very talented. I'm really not very good. It's all just been a big sham."


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Michelle Pfeiffer - news / articles


  • Pfeiffer wants to play Catwoman again - 25 June 2009
    -Michelle Pfeiffer is calling on Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan to let her reprise her role as Catwoman in the Caped Crusader's next movie outing.- -Pfeiffer played the feline superhero in 1992 movie Batman Returns.- - She handed the role over to Halle Berry in


  • Pfeiffer and Bates call for the legalisation of prostitution - 24 June 2009
    -Michelle Pfeiffer and Kathy Bates are calling for prostitution to be legalised in the U.S. after playing historical hookers in a new period movie.- -The duo portrays 1920s French courtesans in director Stephen Frears' new film Cheri, and the risque subject matter has prom


  • Pfeiffer: 'My beauty's down to the lighting guy' - 23 June 2009
    -Michelle Pfeiffer has a secret weapon to ensure she looks wrinkle free on camera - a great lighting director.- -The 51 year old has wowed film fans by stripping off in her latest movie Cheri, in which she plays an ageing courtesan who lusts after a young playboy.- - And

Michelle Pfeiffer - what members say


  • The Witches Of Eastwick
  • The Witches Of Eastwick review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 5 stars Tricky Trio take on Old Nich! 18 March 2009
    ... perfect. The cast is 'top notch' with Cher as Alexandra the artistic widow, Michelle Pfeiffer as the fertile divorcee, Suki and Susan Sarandon as the musical Ms Jane. Add J...  
  • Dangerous Liaisons
  • Dangerous Liaisons review by from London
    Rated - 3 stars One day when they were young 22 March 2004
    ...It's an erotic feast rather than a morality drama. Michelle Pfeiffer is too lean and vague a character for one to feel sympathy for her falling into prey of the amoral hedonists...  
  • Batman Returns
  • Batman Returns review by wolfenchild from London, England
    Rated - 3 stars Batman Returns 9 February 2004
    ...atman also has to try and fend his way through the seductive claws of Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) whose dual personality tries to seduce and destroy the Dark Knight. In all,...  

Michelle Pfeiffer - filmography


  • Cheri on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Frances Tomelty,  Kathy Bates,  Rupert Friend
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A romantic drama set in 1920s Paris, where the son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 566 members
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  • Personal Effects (2008)
    Starring: Ashton Kutcher,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Kathy Bates
    Director: David Hollander
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ashton Kutcher stars as a broken man who sets off on a vengeance-filled search for his sister's murderer, only to fall into the arms of a gorgeous older woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) who may share the same torment in this romantic drama from Insight Studios. TV veteran David Hollander directs from his ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 2 members
    Due for release on 8th February 2010
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  • Stardust - HD DVD Version (2007)
    Starring: Claire Danes,  Charlie Cox,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Matthew Vaughn
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,312 member
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  • Hairspray - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Queen Latifah,  Amanda Bynes
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. After finding success on Broadway, the hilarious John Waters 1988 classic comes to the big screen once again with this Adam Shankman remake featuring an star-studded cast led by ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 991 members
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  • White Oleander on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Alison Lohman,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Billy Connolly
    Director: Peter Kosminsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    WHITE OLEANDER, is the tale of an intense and toxic mother-daughter relationship, coupled with a look at the fundamentally skewed U.S. foster care system. When the beautiful photographer Ingrid Magnusson (Michelle Pfeiffer) is imprisoned for allegedly murdering a philandering boyfriend, her ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,349 members
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  • I Am Sam on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer,  Sean Penn,  Laura Dern
    Director: Jessie Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Actor Sean Penn displays another facet of his versatility as the title character of this inspirational tearjerker--a mentally handicapped father fighting for custody of his young daughter (Dakota Fanning). The child welfare board of his native Santa Monica has taken her from him, worried that at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,856 members
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  • Tequila Sunrise on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Kurt Russell
    Director: Robert Towne
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A former drug dealer trying to leave the business once and for all comes up against his best friend, a narcotics cop. Also caught in the net of suspicion is the beautiful restaurant owner with whom they're both in love. Academy Award Nominations: Best Cinematography.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,709 members
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  • Dangerous Minds on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer,  George Dzundza,  Courtney B. Vance
    Director: John N. Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A Marine officer leaves her military career behind to become an inner-city English teacher. With a style all her own she gets her class of tough-as-nails kids to trust her and to believe in themselves. This true-life drama is based on "My Posse Don't Do Homework," a novel by educator LouAnne Johnson.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 6,053 members
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  • Wolf on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  James Spader
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One dark and snowy night Will Randall collides with a wolf on a mountain road. The injured animal runs off into the night, but not before giving Bill a deep bite on the wrist. From then on his life begins to change as he is drawn into the mystical spirit of the wolf. The werewolf is re-born...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,907 member
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  • Batman Returns (1992)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Danny De Vito,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny DeVito), a pitiful, orphaned psychopathic freak who once went on a baby-killing spree, and a 'power' hungry capitalist villain Max Shreck (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 17,675 members
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  • The Fabulous Baker Boys on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Beau Bridges,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Steve Kloves
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brothers Jack and Frank Baker (Jeff and Beau Bridges) are cocktail lounge piano players whose career has hit a sour note. They need a little charm and sex appeal to liven up their act--what they get is Susie Diamond (Pfeiffer), a beautiful, but hard-talking, chain-smoking singer.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,217 members
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  • The Witches Of Eastwick on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Susan Sarandon,  Cher
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on John Updike's best-seller, this comic battle of the sexes is coupled with supernatural thriller overtones. Three beautiful unmarried residents of a small New England town seem to have conjured up "Mr. Right." But just who is this rich, eccentric and charismatic stranger
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6,503 members
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  • Sweet Liberty on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Alan Alda,  Bob Hoskins,  Saul Rubinek
    Director: Alan Alda
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A history professor's life and peaceful college town are turned upside down when a film crew turns up to make a movie out of his best-selling novel about the American Revolution.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 104 members
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  • Scarface on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert Loggia,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A tense and violent update of the 1932 Howard Hughes gangster classic with the setting changed from Chicago to Miami. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 32,695 members
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  • Falling In Love Again on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Susannah York,  Elliott Gould,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Steven Paul
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mid-life crisis sufferer Harry Lewis (Elliot Gould) is on a cross-country trip to New York, where his high school reunion will take place. During the trek, Harry reminisces about the "good old days" of his 1940's youth, the time when he first fell in love with childhood sweetheart Sue, now his wife ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 97 members
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Michelle Pfeiffer - watch online


  • I Could Never Be Your Woman to Watch Now (2007)
    Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer,  Paul Rudd,  Tracey Ullman
    Director: Amy Heckerling
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 94 minutes
    An upbeat and acerbic romantic comedy with a real edge from writer/director Amy Heckerling (Clueless). Rosie, a smart, sexy and successful single mom refuses to accept that life has passed her by just because she has turned 40. Rosie stays young at heart through the love and friendship she ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 10 members
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Michelle Pfeiffer facts

5 most recent films

Cheri - 2.5 stars
Personal Effects - 2.5 stars
Stardust - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Hairspray - 3.5 stars
Hairspray - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Scarface - 4.0 stars
Stardust - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Stardust - 4.0 stars
Batman Returns - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
I Am Sam - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Power, Passion And Murder - 2.0 stars
Personal Effects - 2.5 stars
Charlie Chan And The Curse Of The Dragon Queen - 2.0 stars
Falling In Love Again - 2.0 stars
Callie And Son - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Christopher Walken - 6 times - show films
Amanda Bynes - 4 times - show films
John Travolta - 4 times - show films
Zac Efron - 4 times - show films
Elijah Kelley - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Adam Shankman - 4 times - show films
Michael Hoffman - 2 times - show films
Matthew Vaughn - 2 times - show films
Amy Heckerling - 2 times - show films
Mike Nichols - 2 times - show films