Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.
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.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, earnest and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
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“Is Whitney Houston the best thing in Waiting to Exhale?”
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“Is the book better?”
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“Is Waiting to Exhale too earnest?”
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Cast
- Whitney HoustonSavannah
- Angela BassettBernadine
- Loretta DevineGloria
- Lela RochonRobin
- Gregory HinesMarvin
- Dennis HaysbertKenneth
- Mykelti WilliamsonTroy
- Michael BeachJohn, Sr.
- LeonRussell
- Wendell PierceMichael
Crew
- Forest WhitakerDirector
- Terry McMillanScreenplay
- Ronald BassScreenplay
- Terry McMillanNovel
- Toyomichi KuritaDirector of Photography
- BabyfaceOriginal Music Composer
- Richard ChewEditor
- Ezra SwerdlowProducer
- Deborah SchindlerProducer
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Pairings
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