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Postcards from the Edge (1990)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 7/06

7/06: Nope, nope, nope...boring, BORing, BORING!

Postcards from the Edge is a pretentious movie that features two snobbish actresses: Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine. I mean, look at the movie poster. Can this be any more pronounced?

Fine acting doesn't help when the story drags a lot. I don't care about any of the characters. It's a "so what?" movie all the way through. Oh sure, it's autobiographical. Oh sure, it throws a black eye on Hollywood. Oh sure, it's a chick flick. What Postcards from the Edge is is a rip-off of Sunset Boulevard.

I can't stand Shirley MacLaine, and I hate her. She's nothing but a whore. Meryl Streep is blah. On the positive side, Dennis Quaid isn't bad, helping me get through the movie. After a while, it becomes a little better but falls apart because of the unnecessary singing at the end.

All in all, the death of kiss of any Hollywood picture is pretentiousness, and that's what happened to Postcards from the Edge.

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