A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
▶ Watch Trailer
Meryl Streep
Suzanne Vale
Shirley MacLaine
Doris Mann
Dennis Quaid
Jack Faulkner
Gene Hackman
Lowell Kolchek
Richard Dreyfuss
Dr. Frankenthal
Rob Reiner
Joe Pierce
Mary Wickes
Grandma
Conrad Bain
Grandpa
Annette Bening
Evelyn Ames
Simon Callow
Simon Asquith
Director
Mike Nichols
Screenplay
Carrie Fisher
Tagline
"Having a wonderful time, wish I were here."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$22,000,000
Revenue
$39,071,603
Production
Columbia Pictures
CinemaSerf
August 16, 2026
Despite there only being fifteen years between them, I actually thought that Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep made the mother/daughter thing work quite well here. The former, "Doris", is a wealthy and accomplished singer; the latter, "Suzanne", is a successful actress with dependency issues. Indeed they both have those - mum with the booze and her child with the pills. It's on the set of her late...
Where to Watch
Stream
Rent
Buy
Search our entire catalog of thousands of movies across every genre.
