Isn't She Great (2000)

Directed by

Andrew Bergman

Genre

comedy film, biographical film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This movie gives a funny and made-up version of how writer Jacqueline Susann became famous. Bette Midler plays Susann as she chases success and deals with the people around her.

playfulbreezylightheartedglamorouswryupbeatsentimentalcampy

What happens

Isn't She Great is a 2000 biographical comedy-drama film that presents a fictionalized biography of author Jacqueline Susann, played by Bette Midler. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, the film was directed by Andrew Bergman from a screenplay by Paul Rudnick based on a 1995 New Yorker profile by Michael Korda. In addition to Midler and Lane, the film stars Stockard Channing as Susann's "gal pal" Florence Maybelle, David Hyde Pierce as book editor Michael Hastings, and John Cleese as publisher Henry Marcus. John Larroquette, Amanda Peet, Christopher McDonald, Debbie Shapiro, and Paul Benedict have supporting roles. Opening in 750 US theaters on January 28, 2000, it received negative reviews from critics and earned only $3 million at the box office, far less than its cost of $36 million. Midler was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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