80'S LADIES: Beaches (1988)
You know who’s not our hero? This movie.
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CONTENT WARNING: Death of loved ones, brief mention of fictional pedophilia.
No guest this week, which is probably for the best because, wow. If our review of Terms of Endearment was any indication, we’re not fond of movies that pander to our emotional response. And this week’s movie does literally nothing else. Well, OK, to be fair it also shoves Bette Midler in front of the camera to sing songs that have pretty much nothing to do with the story being told. Mostly, though, there’s paper-thin characters and a scotch-tape-and-school-glue story that somehow fooled enough people into turning this into a new classic. There are a handful of good moments and competent filmmaking but by the end, it’s almost not worth it for just how grossly condescending this movie is to its audience. Grab some tissues to wad and throw at your TV screen as we review Beaches.
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt of “The Friendship Theme” from the original soundtrack to the film Beaches was composed by Georges Delerue. Copyright 1988 The Walt Disnsey Music Co., ASCAP.
Excerpt from the film Beaches is © 1998 Touchstone Pictures.
Excerpt from the Seinfeld episode “The Understudy” is © 1994 Castle Rock Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.
