Big Business 1988
- Director: Jim Abrahams
- Seen by this director: Ruthless People
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herman, Michele Placido, Michael Gross, Seth Green
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Bette Midler – Then She Found Me, First Wives’ Club, Get Shorty, Ruthless People, The Rose
- Lily Tomlin – A Prairie Home Companion, Orange County, Tea with Mussolini, 9 to 5, Nashville, Laugh-In
- Fred Ward – Swing Shift, Silkwood
- Seth Green – Buffy the Vampire Slayer, To Gillian on her 37th Birthday
- Why? Midler and Tomlin
- Seen: 26 October 2022
Due to circumstances beyond their
control, two sets of identical twins are born on the same day in Jupiter Hollow
and mixed up by the ditzy nurse.
One set of Sadie (Midler) and Rose
(Tomlin) grow up to be CEOs in NY, the other as down-home folks in Jupiter
Hollow. The CEO Sadie wants to shut down the factory in Jupiter Hollow. The
down-home Rose is having none of that. She and her Sadie go to NY to protest.
It’s Midler and Tomlin so it’s not exactly serious. It’s a cheap spin-off of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors (are the filmmakers even aware of that?) without the dark undertone that his comedies always have, but it has its moments. Both Midler and especially Tomlin are fun to watch. I find it quite funny and enjoyable.
3 * of 5
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