5/11/2009

The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

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"This thing that we call a wedding ceremony is really the final scene of the fairy tale. They never tell you what happens after. They never tell you that Cinderella drove the Prince crazy with her obsessive need to clean the castle, cause she missed her day job, right?"

Columbia literature professor Rose Morgan (Barbra Streisand, who also directed) and math professor Gregory Larkin (Jeff Bridges) prove that romance isn't just for the youthful despite her exuberance and his cynacism.

Also appearing are Lauren Bacall (who was nominated for an Oscar for this role) as Rose's mother; Mimi Rogers as Rose's sister Claire; Pierce Brosnan as Rose's over-sexed new brother-in-law; Brenda Vaccaro as Rose's best friend Doris; Elle MacPherson as Gregory's ex-girlfriend; and George Segal as Gregory's hedonistic friend.


The song "I Finally Found Someone," sung by Streisand and Bryan Adams, was nominated for an Oscar.

Run time: 2 hours, 6 minutes

Rated PG-13 for language, sensuality and some mature thematic material.


My personal rating: B

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