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Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, Bebe Neuwirth

Whoopi Goldberg plays a fast-track executive who starts her own company after a backstabbing co-worker (Timothy Daley) steals her promotion. When her new business fails to find acceptance in the stuff...( read more  read more... )y corporate world, she invents a dazzling older, white, male business partner to sell her ideas. Her plan spins out of control, however, when her phantom associate becomes Wall Street's hottest financial whiz. Dianne Wiest co-stars.

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PG-13, 114 min.

Directed by: Donald Petrie

Release Date: October 25, 1996

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DVD Release Date: May 15, 2001

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  • dreamfaeries
    August 16, 2009
    dreamfaeries
    Whoopie is fantabulous... She totally bamboozles here.
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 24, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    i only roughly remember this one, i think it was decent but i dont care for whoopi much
  • Collegekid
    December 31, 2006
    Collegekid
    Pretty good movie
  • graveling861
    April 25, 2008
    graveling861
    Dianne Wiest cracks me up.
  • Liloh
    October 14, 2009
    Liloh
    Only Whoopi can play those weird and cool roles.
    I have seen this Movie several times never got bored. AWESOME. Diane West and Whoopi make a great team on the Screen.
  • moralcom
    June 13, 2009
    moralcom
    Good story strong message about being true to one's calling and talent!
  • helwigs
    June 4, 2009
    helwigs
    Not actually hafl bad.
  • malacaynomuerto
    March 14, 2009
    malacaynomuerto
    Whoopi esta muy bien interpretando los dos papeles pero mi favorita es Dianne Wiest es absurdamente adorable una peli entretenida sobre una mujer negra en un mundo de hombre blancos
  • escapedbread
    December 7, 2008
    escapedbread
    It was good predictable but good.
  • yuvak
    November 8, 2008
    yuvak
    a really funny movie, poking at the male bastion.

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