Waiting to Exhale

1995

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 79% · 34 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 13510 13.5K

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Plot summary

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.

Director

Forest Whitaker Photo
Forest Whitaker

Top cast

L. Scott Caldwell Photo
L. Scott Caldwell as Bernadine's Lawyer
Wesley Snipes Photo
Wesley Snipes as James Wheeler
Wren T. Brown Photo
Wren T. Brown as Minister
Kenya Moore Photo
Kenya Moore as Denise
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1.03 GB
1280*694
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 18
1.98 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 4 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JAW 7 / 10

Good movie, Better book

This wasn't a bad movie. The acting was great (although Whitney Houston still seems mediocre). Some of the scenes were powerful and funny. However, unlike the book which also deals with the sisterhood of Black women, the movie becomes a long "Men are pigs" tirade that gets weary after a while. Plus it's sometimes hard to root for the characters. For instance, considering all the one-night stands Savannah has, it's hard to see why she's questioning her ability to find a good man. Overall, Waiting to Exhale, is basically a sorely-needed bonding movie for African-American women that, while a little biased, is good escapist fun.
Reviewed by fionastaun 6 / 10

Sometimes rocks, sometimes rolls

If you've read the book, you can fill in the spaces. If not, it will be a one dimensional cautionary dating tale. It falls flat on character developments but rocks some great hair. Whitney Houston acts like a strawberry.
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