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Postcards From the Edge

Play trailer Poster for Postcards From the Edge R Released Sep 12, 1990 1h 41m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on a slippery slope as a recovering addict. On exit from rehab, it is recommended she stay with her mother, who has become a somewhat champion drinker herself. Suzanne therefore struggles to maintain her sobriety and her sanity in the company of Doris.
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Uniting a pair of powerhouse talents with a smart, sharply written script, Postcards from the Edge makes compelling drama out of reality-inspired trauma.

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Martha K. Baker St. Louis Post-Dispatch Postcards From the Edge is hardly a sob story, and not a "woman's movie" from the '40s. It's very savvy and snotty and a little sexy, too. Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Kathleen Carroll New York Daily News With a major assist from [director] Mike Nichols, Fisher has now transformed her novel into a smashingly entertaining movie. Postcards From the Edge is a hilarious, surprisingly poignant comedy about learning to accept one's parents. Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Peter Travers Rolling Stone Fisher neatly skewers Hollywood pretension. And Nichols enlists a first-rate cast in cameo roles, including Dennis Quaid as an oversexed producer, Gene Hackman as a compassionate director and Richard Dreyfuss as a smitten doctor. Apr 29, 2024 Full Review M.S. Mason Christian Science Monitor Where it pleases, Postcards pleases liberally. At least it never, ever resembles a soap opera. And nearly every performance in this picture glitters. Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Michael Sragow San Francisco Examiner [Postcards From the Edge] is the kind of Hollywood movie a clef that Hollywood loves. It's morally double-jointed. The film's smug attitudes and in-jokes are symptoms of the Tinseltown insularity the screenplay tries to attack. Rated: 1/4 Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Joe Baltake Sacramento Bee Fisher’s deadpan reporting on the Hollywood scene never feels bitter or even cruel. It just has a matter-of-fact malevolence about it. She’s abetted by Shirley MacLaine’s performance, less a homage than a critique of the character she’s playing. Rated: 4/4 Apr 30, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Chinu D It’s a really good movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/20/24 Full Review Adiya A The director has once again managed to make a wonderful movie with good people. I liked it very much. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/20/24 Full Review Bahad j In my opinion, the movie uses very good camera and audio visual equipment and the crew members and the filmmakers have played their roles very well. I really liked it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review Bulgantamir B The acting is so good Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review Бавуу Э Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on a slippery slope as a recovering addict. On exit from rehab, it is recommended she stay with her mother, who has become a somewhat champion drinker herself. Suzanne therefore struggles to maintain her sobriety and her sanity in the company of Doris. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/02/24 Full Review Geke g Nostalgic vibes are something else. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on a slippery slope as a recovering addict. On exit from rehab, it is recommended she stay with her mother, who has become a somewhat champion drinker herself. Suzanne therefore struggles to maintain her sobriety and her sanity in the company of Doris.
Director
Mike Nichols
Producer
Mike Nichols, John Calley
Screenwriter
Carrie Fisher
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 1990, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$36.9M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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