Isn't She Great

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Isn't She Great

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Isn't She Great

Amanda Peet, Bette Midler, Christopher McDonald, David Hyde Pierce, Dina Spybey

Most people probably approached Isn't She Great looking for a screaming camp-fest, only to discover a surprisingly sincere love letter to trash-novelist Jacqueline Susann, author of Valley of the Doll...( read more  read more... )s and Once Is Not Enough. Bette Midler plays the brash, self-obsessed Susann, who started as a struggling actress yearning for fame and not too picky about what she was famous for. Fortunately, she catches the eye of personal manager Irving Mansfield (Nathan Lane), who seems to have no particular skills either but who is so passionately devoted to his client that he marries her. It's Irving who first suggests that Susann write a book about the sordid lives of celebrities and beautiful people, and Irving who pushes the book to publisher after publisher with dogged devotion. The movie lurches a bit in Susann's early life--it wants to approach the difficulties of Susann's life (an autistic son, breast cancer) with a mixture of sentimentality and irreverence, which doesn't always mesh--but once Valley of the Dolls finds a publisher, the movie finds its legs. The ever-dependable David Hyde Pierce plays the uptight WASP assigned to edit Susann's manuscript, and much mileage is gotten out of the conflict between Pierce's blue-blood manner and Midler's broad Jewish glitz. John Cleese and Stockard Channing also provide able support. Paul Rudnick's script shows a genuine affection for its heroine; Rudnick also wrote the screenplays for Addams Family Values and In and Out. --Bret Fetzer

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  • Fragglefreak
    March 14, 2009
    Fragglefreak
    Interesting for the pop culture history but otherwise not so great.
  • Tay0915
    July 3, 2009
    Tay0915
    one of the best comedies ive ever seen , its was soo good , and it was formed as a film almost like a drama , it was just great ... good job on Bette midler and Nathan lanes parts... good job :)
  • helwigs
    June 9, 2009
    helwigs
    It was funny but not really what I had expected at the time.
  • goodmorningangels1
    June 3, 2008
    goodmorningangels1
    Watched some clips and the trailer, and I can't wait to see the whole thing!
  • kewibo
    September 1, 2007
    kewibo
    based on the life of Jackie Susanne...wrote Valley Of the Dolls...I liked the part where (bette) was cussing out God for giving her cancer
  • juliemshaw
    July 19, 2007
    juliemshaw
    Nice work by all concerned.
  • rositaedmee
    July 10, 2007
    rositaedmee
    I always laugh with this one.
  • lelandp13
    June 29, 2007
    lelandp13
    Could have been good, but seems they went more for a campy look instead of doing a real story.
  • Silma
    June 21, 2007
    Silma
    great movie, great performances. it was funny and endearing.
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