Bored New Jersey housewife, Roberta (Rosanna Arquette), fills her days by reading the personal ads and following an ongoing romance between Jim (Robert Joy) and Susan (Madonna), a mysterious drifter who appears to lead the kind of free-spirited life about which Roberta can only dream. And dream she does, until the day she .. Read more
| Starring | Madonna, Rosanna Arquette, Robert Jay, Aidan Quinn |
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| Director | Susan Seidelman |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Bored New Jersey housewife, Roberta (Rosanna Arquette), fills her days by reading the personal ads and following an ongoing romance between Jim (Robert Joy) and Susan (Madonna), a mysterious drifter who appears to lead the kind of free-spirited life about which Roberta can only dream. And dream she does, until the day she actually shows up at the couple's pre-arranged rendezvous in New York City... and after a bump on the head, a bout of amnesia turns Roberta into Susan and opens the door to intrigue, laughter and love!
| Starring | Madonna, Rosanna Arquette, Robert Jay, Aidan Quinn |
|---|---|
| Director | Susan Seidelman |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 59 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1985 To Rent: DVD: 15 Aug 2000 |
Mired in suburban wedlock Roberta (Arquette) turns to the personal ads for vicarious romance, with unexpected results.... read more on Time Out
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GOOD ENTERTAINMENT
LIGHT HEARTED COMEDY. THE ACTING WAS GOOD. LOVED AIDAN QUINN.
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Desperately Funny
A classic in it's own right. Very well acted and extremely funny in places. It took me back a few years when I first watched it at the cinema.
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Not bad
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Failed to Finish
I got this one for my wife, thinking she'd like a look at a popular girl's film of the eighties, but after half an hour she gave up and I realised I ... read more »
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