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      For Pete's Sake

      PG 1974 1h 30m Comedy List
      50% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 53% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A young married couple, Henrietta (Barbra Streisand) and Pete Robbins (Michael Sarrazin), are far from wealthy on Pete's cabdriver salary in Brooklyn, N.Y. When Pete needs $3,000 to follow through on a stock market tip, Henrietta decides to secretly go to a loan shark for the money, since the bank won't help them. As it turns out, the tip is a dud, and Henrietta is left in serious debt to some dangerous people. Now, she needs to scramble to pay back what she owes before she gets whacked. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Sep 21 Buy Now

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      Rosalyn Drexler Vogue For Streisand's sake. This picture seems to have been made between pictures to keep Barbra working. Rated: 1/4 Mar 8, 2024 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...unabashedly madcap... Rated: 3/4 Apr 9, 2021 Full Review Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press What's up Doc?, though no masterpiece, runs rings around this perspiring imitation. Dec 13, 2019 Full Review Phil Hall Film Snobbery If it never soars, at least it hums along with a cheery, sloppy abundance of goodwill. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 1, 2010 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Never scores the belly laughs it desires. Rated: C May 24, 2009 Full Review Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly Rated: 3/5 Jan 11, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Henrietta and Pete Robbins (Barbra Streisand and Michael Sarrazin) are a struggling couple who have to deal with the insults of their sister-in-law Helen, who tells them that an early marriage took away Pete's chance at success. Yet when Pete gets an insider trading tip — this type of thing was somehow perfectly legal in 1974 — she borrows three grand from a Mafia loan shark and finds herself unable to quickly pay them back, which means that she's sold to Mrs. Cherry and rented out as a call girl, but she fails again and again to satisfy any of her clients and starts adding up even more debt. It was written by Stanley Shapiro (How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life, Pillow Talk) and Maurice Richli (The Pink Panther) and directed by Peter Yates, whose career has movies like Breaking Away and Mother, Jugs and Speed as well as Bullitt, The Deep, The Dresser and Krull. It's a light farce and while Streisand didn't like the movie, it was a success. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Cute but forgettable Streisand flick. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I never saw it. but whatevs. go BABZ!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Amusing but light romp. Another ditzy blond tries to do good for her husband. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Use to watch it all the time with my mom, i liked it Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member another funny rom-com Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A young married couple, Henrietta (Barbra Streisand) and Pete Robbins (Michael Sarrazin), are far from wealthy on Pete's cabdriver salary in Brooklyn, N.Y. When Pete needs $3,000 to follow through on a stock market tip, Henrietta decides to secretly go to a loan shark for the money, since the bank won't help them. As it turns out, the tip is a dud, and Henrietta is left in serious debt to some dangerous people. Now, she needs to scramble to pay back what she owes before she gets whacked.
      Director
      Peter Yates
      Production Co
      Columbia
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 28, 2010
      Runtime
      1h 30m
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