The First Wives Club

[1996, Movie]

The First Wives Club: Review

This year's model: Sarah Jessica Parker with Bette Midler

Sisters are doing it for themselves. But what they're doing is obsessing about men, which greatly undermines this purported comedy of female empowerment. Yes, it's great that Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler -- all women of a certain age, though they've done their best to make sure no one's certain what it is -- get to carry a major motion picture, playing college chums reunited by the perfidy of men. But their characters are reactionary caricatures: A selfish sot ... read more

The First Wives Club: Cast & Details

Year: 1996
Rated PG

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Cast
Bette Midler: Brenda Morelli Cushman
Goldie Hawn: Elise Elliot Atchison
Diane Keaton: Annie MacDuggan Paradise
Maggie Smith: Gunilla Garson Goldberg
Sarah Jessica Parker: Shelly
Dan Hedaya: Morty Cushman

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The First Wives Club: TV Guide News

On Stage: A Queen, an Idol and a Monster | Today's News: Our Take | 5/25/2007
The upcoming Broadway musicalization of The First Wives Club may not yet be finished, but that doesn't mean casting can't begin. The New York Daily News hears that Queen Latifah called producers to express an interest in playing the Goldie Hawn role. Long live nontraditional casting.... Per Playbill.com, Idol alum Frenchie Davis will showcase her powerhouse pipes in Mahalia — A Gospel Musical, at Hartford Stage in August.... Mel Brooks confirms Young Frankenstein's casting rumors and adds that the show will most likely bow at the Hilton Theater, whose current tenant, The Pirate Queen, is about to walk the plank. — Reporting by Raven Snook. read more

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