Postcards From the Edge

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Postcards From the Edge

R

1990

1h 41m

Comedy

Drama

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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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Critics Consensus

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

04/30/2024

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.

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Kathleen Carroll

New York Daily News

04/30/2024

3.5/4

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.

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

04/29/2024

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.

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M.S. Mason

Christian Science Monitor

04/30/2024

Where it pleases, Postcards pleases liberally. At least it never, ever resembles a soap opera. And nearly every performance in this picture glitters.

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Michael Sragow

San Francisco Examiner

04/30/2024

1/4

[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.

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Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

04/30/2024

4/4

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.

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Helen W

@RT31264968 Mar 25

This is the worst film I’ve ever watched. I saw it at the cinema in Leeds when it came out. Being a student at the time i would never waste my money so I never walked out of movies. This is the only movie I’ve ever walked out on. I got about 45 mins in before I left. There were 4 of us and we all agreed it was dreadful and were glad we left. I can’t see how it was supposed to be a comedy it wax dreary and depressing.

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jimmy b

@VictorTalkingMachine Nov 22

Shirley MacLaine was absolutely robbed of an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, while Meryl Streep does receive one for Best Actress. She does a Wynonna at the end belting out "Checkin' Out of This Heartbreak Hotel."

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Linda R.

@Lindaran Oct 26

The acting was so great!

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Chinu D

@RT53371300 08/20/2024

It’s a really good movie

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Adiya A

@RT38824996 08/20/2024

The director has once again managed to make a wonderful movie with good people. I liked it very much.

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 08/03/2024

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.

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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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