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For Pete's Sake

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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.
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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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Ed . It's about second chances and 70s romances. When a movie is half as funny as What's Up, Doc? then it's quite a good comedy. Barbra can't stick to one job, and very kind New Yorkers give her opportunity after opportunity to make good. The scenes lit up by Molly Picon are the highlight of this film. For Pete's Sake could be an Afternoon Special teaching the values of responsible borrowing, honoring financial commitments and perseverance when encountering roadblocks in life. Fans of What's Up, Doc? will appreciate the frenzied cattle chase at the end of this movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/29/25 Full Review Audience Member This film has charm. Funny enough to hold interest 'till the end. I wish Estelle's part was bigger. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/22/24 Full Review 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 Read all reviews
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Peter Yates

Director

Barbra Streisand

Henrietta "Henry" Robbins

Michael Sarrazin

Pete Robbins

Estelle Parsons

Helen Robbins

William Redfield

Fred Robbins

Molly Picon

Mrs. Cherry

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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
Producer
Martin Erlichman, Stanley Shapiro
Screenwriter
Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
Production Co
Columbia
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 28, 2010
Runtime
1h 30m
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