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Outrageous Fortune
Female buddy comedy, with rather extensive groundwork to establish the clashing characters of two would-be actresses, one (Shelley Long) a pampered and somewhat prissy blonde, with lots of proper classical training and no real experience, and the other (Bette Midler) a carrot-topped, brass-plated vulgarian with an actual professional credit in Ninja Vixens. The length of the introduction is all to the good, since it postpones the otherworldly espionage antics, and since the bonding of the two women seems merely decreed by the Canons of Sisterhood. But both co-stars are gifted comediennes (Midler the more original, Long more traditional), and they each take turns doing assorted voices and impersonations in the course of being amateur spies. With Peter Coyote and George Carlin; written by Leslie Dixon; directed by Arthur Hiller. 1987.
— Duncan Shepherd
Reader Rating:
- MPAA Rating: R
