Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge

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Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox center her film company insists, as a condition of continuing to employ her, that she live with her mother, Doris Mann, who was once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for her as she has struggled for years to get out of Doris' shadow, who still treats her like a child. Despite these problems and further ones involving the men in in her life, she can begin to ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Postcards from the Edge:

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Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox center her film company insists, as a condition of continuing to employ her, that she live with her mother, Doris Mann, who was once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for her as she has struggled for years to get out of Doris' shadow, who still treats her like a child. Despite these problems and further ones involving the men in in her life, she can begin to see the funny side of her situation, and it also starts to occur to her that not only do daughters have mothers, mothers do too.

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Time - 9/10 by Richard CorlissTheir drugs are Cigarettes, Television, and Hostess Cup Cakes. In the end, if I am ever reincarnated and I have my choice between hating my White Trash Mom or hating my movie star Mom. I'm picking the movie star Mom every time.
Entertainment Weekly - 9/10 by Owen GleibermanThere's a slightness to Postcards From the Edge, and a little too much satirical self-help jargon (the story is all about how Suzanne learns to like herself). But the movie captures — and celebrates — how easy it is to turn your problems into show biz.
Common Sense Media - 8/10 by Renee SchonfeldMature dramedy has drug/alcohol abuse, cursing.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by Jonathan RosenbaumAmong the pleasures to be found here are some amusing sidelong glances at how movies get made and the singing talent of Streep as well as MacLaine. There's not much depth here, but Nichols does a fine job with the surface effects, and the wisecracks keep coming.
Movie Mom - 8/10 by Nell MinowWeak script but brilliant performances and moments of heart-twisting poignance and insight.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) - 8/10 by Ken HankeGenerally entertaining, but finally not all that effective.
Spirituality and Practice - 8/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatNichols' portrait of Tinseltown's addictions proves it's never too late for mothers and daughters to accept each other's imperfections and renegotiate their relationships.
rec.arts.movies.reviews - 8/10 by Mark R. LeeperThere are a couple of nice dramatic scenes but not enough to salvage this self-pitying story.
The New York Times - 8/10 by Vincent CanbyPostcards From the Edge seems to have been a terrifically genial collaboration between the writer and the director, Miss Fisher's tale of odd-ball woe being perfect material for Mr. Nichols's particular ability to discover the humane sensibility within the absurd.
Chicago Sun-Times - 8/10 by Roger EbertStreep is very funny in the movie; she does a good job of catching the knife-edged throwaway lines that have become Carrie Fisher's speciality. And director Mike Nichols captures a certain kind of difficult reality in his scenes on movie sets, where the actress is pulled this way and that by people offering helpful advice. Everyone wants a piece of a star, even a falling one.

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