Waiting to Exhale

Director: Forest Whitaker
Producers: Ezra Swerdlow, Deborah Schindler
Executive Producers: Terry McMillan, Ronald Bass
Screenwriter: Terry McMillan, Ronald Bass on a novel by Terry McMillan
Cast: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon, Loretta Devine, Wesley Snipes, Gregory Hines

Quick Review: OK, so we men are pond scum. Let's just confess that up front. So, why shouldn't women get their fair shot at us? They certainly do in this film, in a script that tries to include far too much but is filled with some memorable characters and scenes. The four main women are excellent, especially in their group bonding scenes. Audiences, or at least the women in the audiences, tend to offer vocal support to them on screen. The film wanders, and the men in this film are about as three-dimensional as women tend to be in male action films, but it has charm.

Rating (on a four-star scale): TWO AND A HALF

An excerpt from Patrick Stoner's interview with Whitney Houston.


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