Having recently enjoyed a movie about three oppressed, vengeful women (GO 52), I looked forward to visiting this 1996 tale of three more women – wives, here, not office workers – that give male-kind its well-deserved comeuppance. I was not disappointed.
The three principal characters are played by Dianne Keaton, Goldie Hawn, and the ever-delightful Bette Midler. Their husbands, selfish cads all, have cast them aside for younger women . This turns out to be a big mistake. In the end the ladies get their revenge, but not necessarily the return of their rat-faced ex-husbands, whom they appear to largely devalue. Maggie Smith appears in a supporting role, as do a whole raft of real people playing themselves – including, believe it or not, Ivana Trump. I think she was the first wife of #39. If so, she got out while the getting was good.
So, this
movie is a load of harmless fun. Worth a
gander. B
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