Reviews (9) 
Skip it...
A movie full of liberal feminist nonsense. Don't bother.
Impressive!
Yes, this movie is about a bunch of females who do cry a lot, who sit around and talk about silly girl issues we've all dealt with. Every time I've had a group of women over visiting I put this movie on...and everyone loves it. It's the ultimate "chick flick". It explores what female friendships are all about and tells the truth about our silly hang-ups and inner feelings. I've yet to meet a woman of any age who wasn't impressed. The fact that most of it was improv makes me respect these women as actresses and as people even more. I would highly recommend this to anyone having a few friends over for a "girls" night. It's the perfect entertainment.
Tear Jerker
I was in tears at many times throughout the movie because it made me remember how important my female friends are to me. It also made me laugh. My boyfriend watched it with me and it made him wish that he could be a fly on the wall in a room full of women.
Yes, it is a B or even a C movie, but I rented it long ago and will be buying it tonight. It is more of a comfort type of a movie for people who can, in a strange way, relate to what goes on.
Awful!
One of the worst movies I've ever seen. Just a bunch of basket cases who get together at a cabin retreat, in Utah I believe, and cry. And scream. And cry. And laugh. And cry. And eat. And cry. And destroy video cassettes. And cry. And pile on top of each other, crying (of course), with a declaration to the Martha Plimpton character (the "outsider" in the bunch) that "You're one of us now!" Awful.
Bravo Linda Yellen
This 1993 made for cable film is directed by Linda Yellen who produced the Vanessa Redgrave TV movies Playing for Time and Second Serve. Both those films showed Yellen's preference for character driven narratives and her willingness to tackle difficult material. This film is based on improvisations by the seven female cast and this shows in Yellen's loose tone with overlapping dialogue and an agitated camera. The story revolves around three seasonal reunions and what makes it interesting is to see how women react to confrontations. Thankfully, there are no guns drawn or fistfights but a sisterhood campfire complete with warrior paint is a little hard to take. It's interesting too when Yellen introduces a male into the nest since he is used solely as an object and she has the wit to balance the inevitable sexual encounter with the other women's reactions to the noise. This reaction has them in a spa and this scene is the highlight of the film when a not too surprising queer confession is made. Even a later tragedy which initially feels soapy is redeemed by giving one actor a huge monologue. Yellen has cast a group of lesser actresses and, because of the nature of the piece, their conversations rise or fall based on the performers ability. Of the seven, best is Jobeth Williams and Helen Slater who share a touching scene about a shared husband as they cut vegetables. Lindsay Crouse and Martha Plimpton provide some spiky edges and Talia Shire seems well cast as a nun, but Jill Eikenberry only has a smile to draw on and her scene with Ally Sheedy rambles. Yellen casts Sheedy as an inarticulate to probably counterbalance her incompetence. Plimpton films the gals with a handheld all the way through, though I wondered who was holding it when we see the finished doco and she is walking arm in arm with everyone else. The film collapses by the end in over-sob but, considering what has preceded it, that is forgiveable. Regrettably, Yellen's follow-up, the 1994 Parallel Lives is less impressive.
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