The Associate

The Associate (1996)

  • 28% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 53% of users liked it
    (7,949 ratings)

In this comedy, a woman discovers that it's impossible to get ahead in business without a man to guide her -- so she invents one. Laurel (Whoopi Goldberg) is an expert financial analyst with a top Wall Street brokerage; however, she keeps getting passed over for raises and promotions, and she's… More

PG-13, 1 hr. 53 min.
Directed By
Donald Petrie
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 25, 1996 Wide
On DVD
May 15, 2001

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Goldberg's unconvincing makeup looks like a cheap latex Halloween mask of a cross between Marlon Brando and the guy on the Quaker Oats box.

  • Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

    The farce promised by "The Associate" disappoints, but Goldberg and Wiest's sister act is surprisingly affirming.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Leigh R


    Whoopie is fantabulous... She totally bamboozles here.

  • danny d


    i only roughly remember this one, i think it was decent but i dont care for whoopi much

  • Sunil J


    Dianne Wiest and Whoopi make this movie funny. I have been watching this movie for over a decade.

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