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Overview
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Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.Plot:
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations moreUser Comments:
Another great film by Meryl Streep moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Meryl Streep | ... | Suzanne Vale | |
| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Doris Mann | |
| Dennis Quaid | ... | Jack Faulkner | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Lowell Kolchek | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Doctor Frankenthal | |
| Rob Reiner | ... | Joe Pierce | |
| Mary Wickes | ... | Grandma | |
| Conrad Bain | ... | Grandpa | |
| Annette Bening | ... | Evelyn Ames | |
| Simon Callow | ... | Simon Asquith | |
| Gary Morton | ... | Marty Wiener | |
| CCH Pounder | ... | Julie Marsden (as C.C.H. Pounder) | |
| Sidney Armus | ... | Sid Roth | |
| Robin Bartlett | ... | Aretha | |
| Barbara Garrick | ... | Carol |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
101 min | Canada:95 min (edited version)Country:
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EnglishColour:
Colour (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Iceland:L | Canada:14A (Ontario - 2006) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG | Canada:AFilming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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The band accompanying Meryl Streep at the end of the film is Blue Rodeo, one of the most popular and respected rock groups in Canada, who were virtually unknown in the US at the time of the film's release. After hearing their music being played in a limo, by the driver, Streep wanted them to contribute to the soundtrack. moreGoofs:
Shirley's head-scarf changes from loose to firmly fastened between shots at the hospital. moreQuotes:
Doris: You feel sorry half the time for having a monster of a mother like me. Everything about you says 'look what you've done to me'.Suzanne: [innocently] I never said you were a monster!
Doris: You don't say it, but you feel it. Somehow, you lay the entire blame for your drug-taking on me.
Suzanne: [annoyed] I do not! I DO not, mother. I took the drugs, nobody made me.
Doris: [darkly] Go ahead and say it: you think I'm an alcoholic.
Suzanne: Okay...I think you're an alcoholic.
Doris: Well, maybe I was an alcoholic when you were a teenager. But I had a nervous breakdown when my marriage failed and I lost all my money.
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I finally saw this film last night, and I really enjoyed it. It was funny, and I could relate to the characters. Lots of great cameos too from Richard Dreyfuss, Annette Benning, Oliver Platt, and Rob Reiner. The director Mike Nichols(Silkwood, Working Girl) is also great. I would recommend this film to anyone who likes Meryl Streep, or movies with a lot of well-known actors in it.