Just Between Friends (1986)
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33% of critics liked it
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40% of users liked it
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A timid aerobics instructor learns that her new best friend is also her husband's mistress in this domestic drama starring Mary Tyler Moore. Suffering from a bit of empty-nest syndrome as her children pass through adolescence, indecisive homemaker Holly Davis (Moore) reluctantly accepts a… More A timid aerobics instructor learns that her new best friend is also her husband's mistress in this domestic drama starring Mary Tyler Moore. Suffering from a bit of empty-nest syndrome as her children pass through adolescence, indecisive homemaker Holly Davis (Moore) reluctantly accepts a part-time gig teaching exercise classes for frazzled gym owner Helga (Salome Jens). There, she meets struggling, independent-minded broadcast journalist Sandy Dunlap (Christine Lahti), and they quickly become thick as thieves. As it turns out, though, Sandy is actually an adulteress -- she's engaged in a clandestine affair with Chip (Ted Danson), Holly's seismologist husband. Chip loves both women and wants to continue seeing Sandy, but she breaks things off with him now that she knows his wife. When Chip dies suddenly, Sandy helps Holly cope and finances phase two of her life as the new owner of Helga's aerobics center. Unfortunately, though, evidence of Chip's infidelity lies around just waiting to be discovered. In the end, it's up to Chip's friend Harry Crandall (Sam Waterston) -- who's been nursing a crush on Holly for years -- to help a pregnant Sandy and a heartbroken Holly come to terms with their complicated friendship. Just Between Friends marked the directorial debut of screenwriter Allan Burns. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Directed By
- Allan Burns
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Romance
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Mar 21, 1986 Wide
- Studio
- HBO Video
Critic Reviews
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Offers a fresh exploration of women's friendship which must bear many strains.
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Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Dumb, dumb story but wonderful performers.
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Cast
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Mary Tyler Moore
as Holly Davis
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Christine Lahti
as Sandy Dunlap
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Ted Danson
as Chip Davis
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Sam Waterston
as Harry Crandall
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Salome Jens
as Helga
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Jane Greer
as Ruth Chadwick
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Susan Rinell
as Kim Davis
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Timothy Gibbs
as Jeff Davis
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Diane Stilwell
as Carla
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James MacKrell
as Bill
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Andra Akers
as Andrea
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Lewis Arquette
as TV Station Guard
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Mark Blum
as George Margolin
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Darwyn Carson
as Janet
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Chet Collins
as Stage Manager
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Jeannie Elias
as Marci
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Castulo Guerra
as Sportscaster
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Terri Hanauer
as Woman in Shower
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Joshua Harris
as Boy with Runny Nose
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Robert Kino
as Mr. Hasegawa
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Christina Kokubo
as Nurse
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Read Morgan
as Charlie
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Julie Payne
as Karen
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Gary Riley
as Clerk in Ice Cream Shop
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Robert Rothwell
as Bill
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Beverly Sanders
as Judy
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George D. Wallace
as Bob Chadwick
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Lisle Wilson
as Newswriter
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Helene Winston
as Woman in Ice Cream Shop
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John Terry Bell
as Minister
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Brigette Desper
as Heather
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Tiffany Desper
as Heather
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Dorothy Francis
as Herself
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Leslie Ann Rieder
as Candy Striper
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Leda Siskind
as Coffee Shop Waitress
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Suzanne Wishner
as Receptionist at Gym
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