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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: 80'S LADIES: Beaches (1988)
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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...