Film

The First Wives Club 1996

Directed by Hugh Wilson

  • Comedy
  • 102 min
  • PG

Don't get mad. Get everything.

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!

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Classical in form, comic, contemporary and effortless.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • gravecomic
  • contemporarynostalgic
  • effortlessdemanding
  • resolvedopen-ended

Who loves it, who doesn't

The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 3The Sincere: disliked by 13 / 1The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 2The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 22 / 2The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 2The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 12 / 1The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: disliked by 20 / 2The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 11The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: disliked by 10 / 1The OmnivoreThe Omnivore: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

21 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.

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  • Is Goldie Hawn the best thing in The First Wives Club?

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  • Is the revenge satisfying?

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  • Would The First Wives Club hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1996?

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