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 | German, French |
| 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 |
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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 »
The woman who directed Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan has heaped praise on the pop star for her directorial debut W.E.. Susan Seidelman, who cast Madonna in her third film, admits she was pleasantly surprised by the period film and thought her one-time leading lady did "a really good job". The moviemaker tells BlogTalkRadio.com, "I saw W.E. on DVD and I thought she did a really good job. I didn't know whether I would like it or not. I was pleasantly surprised. "I don't think she learned... Read more
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