Movie
Waiting to Exhale
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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Synopsis
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.
More about Waiting to Exhale
Cast
Whitney HoustonSavannah
Angela BassettBernadine
Loretta DevineGloria
Lela RochonRobin
Gregory HinesMarvin
Dennis HaysbertKenneth
Mykelti WilliamsonTroy
Michael BeachJohn, Sr.Credits
- Directed by
- Forest Whitaker
- Written by
- Ronald Bass, Terry McMillan, Terry McMillan
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $16M
- Box office
- $81.5M
Production
20th Century FoxUnited States
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