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Waiting to Exhale
1995
· Movie
· 127 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Every rating
56–79
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Forest Whitaker
- Writers
- Ronald Bass, Terry McMillan
- Based on
- a work by Terry McMillan
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 22 December 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $16.0M
- Box office
- $81.5M
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