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Bookmark this pageThe Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Director: Barbra Streisand
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From Time Out Film Guide
You want love against the odds? You've got it. Rose (Streisand) and Gregory (Bridges) are two brainy Columbia professors who wilt like lettuce in the presence of beauty. Greg hits on a plan. He and Rose will enter into a romance of the mind. He won't have to fight temptation, because Rose is homely as sin: no beauty, no sex, no worries. The only problem? Rose has already fallen in lust with Gregory and can't scramble out. The mirror may have two faces, but Streisand's happy with the one, still employing that riot of eye-rolls and lip-chews so disarming (once) in Funny Girl. Bridges does well as the bumbling nerd, his gulpingly shy exterior hiding a darkly fastidious core; and Bacall runs up and down the scale as Rose's haughty mother. Camp, but not much fun.Author: CO'Su
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- George C. Stephens said...
- Posted on Dec 30 2007 13:31 This was a thoroughly delightful film all the way around including, without limitation, the director, entire cast, editing and screenplay. It was the "perfect bite" that Rose fastidiously constructed in every meal whether salad or entree, and that Gregory eventually recited to Rose before he becomse aware of his attraction - in every way, for Rose. From the performances to the message behind the story, one can only state, "Bravo!" It is well worth seeing.
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Cast & crew
Director: Barbra Streisand
Producer: Barbra Streisand, Arnon Milchan
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, George Segal, Mimi Rogers, Brenda Vaccaro, Lauren Bacall, Austin Pendleton full cast
Duration: 126 mins
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