Outrageous Fortune

1987

Action / Comedy

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 60% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 60% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 9123 9.1K

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Plot summary

Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.

Director

Arthur Hiller Photo
Arthur Hiller

Top cast

Diana Bellamy Photo
Diana Bellamy as Madam
Paul Brooks Photo
Paul Brooks as Airport Attendant
Carol Ann Susi Photo
Carol Ann Susi as Receptionist
Florence Stanley Photo
Florence Stanley as Ticket Agent
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832.24 MB
1280*700
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 4
1.57 GB
1904*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by youngcollind 7 / 10

Very 80s buddy adventure comedy

In the 80s it just felt like this was how they made movies, but there's a very specific feel to the era that can't be recaptured, and a limited supply of gems like this, so it's always great to stumble on one you've been missing. All the trademarks are in place, from the clothes to the music to light hearted nature of the whole endeavour. Bette and Shelley play up the characters they'd been type cast with all decade and stumble through a series of zany situations. It's all simple fun and an endearing time capsule.
Reviewed by latics 6 / 10

The plot thickens

Shelley Long and Bette Midler make a wonderful comedy team and the first half of the movie makes the most of this - snappy dialogue and quickfire direction make for a marvellously funny first hour. Unfortunately, the plot then takes over – a convoluted spy story - and the thicker the plot, the fewer the laughs. Pity somebody didn't sort it out - this could have been one of the best comedies in donkey's years.
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