Postcards from the Edge
by Mike Nichols
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Actor: Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Meryl Streep, Richard Dreyfuss, Shirley MacLaineDirector: Mike Nichols
Brand: STREEP,MERYL
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus
Producer: Mike Nichols
Producer: John Calley
Producer: Neil A. Machlis
Producer: Robert Greenhut
Producer: Susan MacNair
Writer: Carrie Fisher
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Chinese (Dubbed); French (Dubbed); Portuguese (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.33:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Postcards from the Edge
Movie Review: Towering Performances and a Dose of Reality
Summary: 5 Stars
What I personally found amazing about "Postcards from the Edge" was its unexpected ability to hit home themes and issues that all of us deal with, day in and day out. Meryl Streep's amazing performance registered for me most in how "ordinary" she made this character. McClaine's over the top and still profoundly rich performance is the perfect foil for Streep's character. But the film's most extraordinary quality is in developing profound themes about parenting and relationships with those you love the most in life. We don't yearn for Suzanne's rich celebrity filled existence. Instead, we relate to it, and can easily place ourselves in her situation. That's Streep's greatest achievement - every step of the way, she's real and familiar to us. She is us. McClaine's mother is all our mothers. Not unlike the superior "All ABout My Mother" Pedro Almovodar's great film about loss and redemption, Poscards also confronts many of the same issues, though in flesh and blood. As if reminding us that unlike Esteban in "Mother" we are still living and have the opportunity to do something to work the issues through. "Postcards" stands as a rich character study of life as most of us know it - the struggle for independence as teens and young adults, the need to prove ourselves in the shadows of our parents (or mentors, or friends, or spouses) and the very real risks involved in making choices that might seem trivial at the time. Streep brings us on this journey and in return, we can use these lessons in our own somewhat bland lives. A deep and rich examination of the mother-daughter dynamic that represents the parent-child in all of us. Best moment: McClaine at the top of the stairs proclaiming "I didn't lift it up! It TWIRRRRLLLED UP!"
Summary of Postcards from the Edge
A young film star and drug addict survives a rehab clinic only to discover how hard things are in the world of Hollywood.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 1-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
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