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Scenes from a Mall (1991)

Scenes from a Mall poster
Directed by
Paul Mazursky
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 79 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married couple, both successful professionals, go to a Beverly Hills mall to buy anniversary gifts for each other. Over the course of the day, they accidentally reveal secrets that threaten their 17-year marriage.

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What happens

Scenes from a Mall is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Paul Mazursky, written by Mazursky and Roger L. Simon, and starring Bette Midler and Woody Allen. The title is a play on Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage, and the film itself features similar themes of marital disintegration. The film is Woody Allen's first film since The Front in which he did not write or direct. The film received mostly negative reviews, with critics focusing on the characters' arbitrary and unrealistic emotional reactions, lack of successful humor and overdone production. It grossed $19 million against a $3 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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