First Wives Club is headlined by a trio of comedic dynamos, but the script lets them down with tepid plotting and a fatal lack of satirical bite.
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Director -
Hugh Wilson -
Producer -
Scott Rudin -
Screenwriter -
Olivia Goldsmith , Robert Harling -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures -
Production Co -
Paramount Pictures -
Rating -
PG -
Genre -
Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 20, 1996, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jun 17, 2008 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$105.5M -
Runtime -
1h 42m -
Sound Mix -
Surround