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The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
Based on Andre Cayatte's 1958 film LE MIROIR A DEUX FACES, THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES finds Barbra Streisand directing her third motion picture, casting herself in the lead as Rose Morgan and Jeff Bridges as Professor Gregory Larkin, her foil. Morgan and Larkin, two cerebral Columbia professors, commit to a perfectly sensible but .. Read more
| Starring | Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, George Segal |
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| Director | Barbra Streisand |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
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The Mirror Has Two Faces
Based on Andre Cayatte's 1958 film LE MIROIR A DEUX FACES, THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES finds Barbra Streisand directing her third motion picture, casting herself in the lead as Rose Morgan and Jeff Bridges as Professor Gregory Larkin, her foil. Morgan and Larkin, two cerebral Columbia professors, commit to a perfectly sensible but passionless paper marriage based on their intellectual common ground. The earth moves, however, when Rose redesigns her look in order to invoke the hots in her spouse and bolster her sagging self-esteem. This feel-good romance finds Streisand a little older but still the eager ingenue, ready to blush at her suitor's chivalrous blunders or bristle at her crabby mother (Lauren Bacall). Like SABRINA, a film almost 40 years older, MIRROR focuses on a woman's transformation from dusty house-mouse to glamorous cosmopolitan citizen, which only serves to confuse the man instead of creating respect or admiration. Jeff Bridges's charming performance is endearing, and Streisand and Bryan Adams's love ballad, "I Finally Found Someone," sets the mood for a very romantic film.
| Starring | Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, George Segal, Mimi Rogers, Brenda Vaccaro, Lauren Bacall, Elle Macpherson, Austin Pendleton |
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| Director | Barbra Streisand |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 28 Jun 1999 Production year: 1996 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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Barbra Streisand directs and stars in this so-so romantic comedy, that's packed with numerous scenes of the singing/acting/directing diva, shot in the most flattering light. She plays a dowdy professor who agrees to have a purely platonic relationship with Jeff Bridges, which is his solution to years of empty sexual romances. Of course, Streisand secretly fancies him, so she decides to turn herself into a sensual swan and seduce him. While Streisand and Bridges fumble their roles, the movie is stolen by Mimi Rogers as Barbra's glamorous sister and, especially, by Lauren Bacall as her critical mother. If this had been about them, it would have been hilarious.
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Creaky, frequently risible romantic hokum about the need to be adored, somewhat undermined by the fact that Streisand looks better before, rather than after, her transformation into a sex goddess.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Plain Jane who thinks she's missed the boat romantically after her sister marries who she thinks is the man of her dreams. Barbara Streisand is laugh out loud funny with her one liners, and at other times there's a tear in your eye that her conclusion about herself is right. She's gutsy throughout.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
A rom-com for us oldies
Loved this film. Previous reviewer says it all.
All I will say though, is that I thought the film ended a little swiftly.
I strongly advise anyone who watches this, to keep watching as the credits go up. Nothing amazing happens, but you get a better sense of 'closure'.
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The Mirror Has Two Faces
Based on Andre Cayatte's 1958 film LE MIROIR A DEUX FACES, THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES finds Barbra Streisand directing her third motion picture, casting herself in the lead as Rose Morgan and Jeff Bridges as Professor Gregory Larkin, her foil. Morgan and Larkin, two cerebral Columbia professors, ...
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