The Associate

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The Associate

PG-13

Released Oct 25, 1996

1h 54m

Comedy

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Laurel (Whoopi Goldberg) is an intelligent investment banker struggling to succeed on Wall Street. When an unqualified white man (Tim Daly) receives a promotion, she quits her job to start her own business, only to learn that, as a woman, she is not taken seriously. To fool her competitors, Laurel creates a fictitious white man named Robert S. Cutty to manage her financial deals. But as Robert's popularity grows, Laurel realizes that living two lives is harder than she thought it might be.

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USA Today

If you were expecting Mrs. Doubtfire in reverse, invest your interest elsewhere.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

An uninspired recycling of the Tootsie formula.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Rated: 2/5

Nov 4, 2007

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Goldberg's unconvincing makeup looks like a cheap latex Halloween mask of a cross between Marlon Brando and the guy on the Quaker Oats box.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 11, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 19, 2005

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Frank Swietek

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Rated: 2/5

Nov 20, 2003

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Nick D

Whoopi is great in this movie. A fun take on finance industry with laughs throughout.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/24

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Porter

Funny, engaging, and clever! You really can't go wrong with Whoopi.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

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Drew K

One of my favorites. Always puts a smile on my face. Super campy and fun.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/08/23

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Audience Member

POWERFUL MESSAGE I got while watching this movie: Woman of color who opens up her own firm while pretending to have a white male partner "Mr.Cutty" helping her succeed in signing deals with wealthy clients and helping her firm grow financially. Sad to think we are still living in a world where the white male holds all power in powerful and wealthy businesses and corporations and woman are still being discriminated against money and gender wise. Must watch if you are a true feminist! Power to the Black woman! Yess ma'am!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Look! Forget the costume for a second and consider what this movie is actually about: how opinions are more valuable (and less likely to be sidelined) if they are male...particularly white male. I mean we still have these issues in 2021.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Not Whoopi's best comedy out there, but she's having fun on screen and she's fun to watch as she tries to wriggle her way into White Male Wall Street life by creating a persona who is exactly that, and finds herself wanting him dead pretty fast.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Synopsis

Laurel (Whoopi Goldberg) is an intelligent investment banker struggling to succeed on Wall Street. When an unqualified white man (Tim Daly) receives a promotion, she quits her job to start her own business, only to learn that, as a woman, she is not taken seriously. To fool her competitors, Laurel creates a fictitious white man named Robert S. Cutty to manage her financial deals. But as Robert's popularity grows, Laurel realizes that living two lives is harder than she thought it might be.

Director: Donald Petrie
Producer: Patrick Markey, Adam Leipzig, Frederic Golchan
Screenwriter: Jenaro Prieto, Jean-Claude Carrière, René Gainville, Nick Thiel
Distributor: Polygram, Buena Vista Pictures, Hollywood Pictures
Production Co: Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista International [us], PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.8M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Surround

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