Big Business
by Jim Abrahams
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Actor: Bette Midler, Edward Herrmann, Fred Ward, Lily Tomlin, Michele PlacidoDirector: Jim Abrahams
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
Editor: Harry Keramidas
Producer: Bonnie Bruckheimer
Producer: Michael Peyser
Producer: Steve Tisch
Writer: Dori Pierson
Writer: Marc Reid Rubel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
Published: 2002-08-01
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-13
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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- Bette Midler (THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, BEACHES) and Lily Tomlin (DISNEY'S THE KID, ALL OF ME, 9 TO 5) -- the first ladies of laughter -- star in this critically acclaimed box office hit about two sets of identical twins who are mismatched at birth. Forty years later, their paths cross amid the hustle and bustle of Manhattan, and the result is unrestrained pandemonium. New York's opulent Plaza
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DVD Review: Nature or Nurture, Disney Won't Decide
Summary: 3 Stars
This film approaches the nature vs. nurture debate in comedic tones, but in politically correct Disney fashion, they never pick a side.
"Big Business" is an entertaining comedy. It is also a Disney product through and through. It is created by the same corporation that made "The Parent Trap" and it shows. This is a film based on the same mistaken identity and fish out of water genres.
I am with the folks that believe Disney created the Touchstone name so they could cash in on movies that include cussing and nudity, but still maintain their wholesome image. However, I do acknowledge that this film has neither of those, which is good, because if anyone was separated at birth I'm betting it was Lily Tomlin and Mick Jagger. The filmmakers do hurl a not so subtle rock at their chief competitor, Mr. Weinstein by dubbing the evil corporation of the film "Moramax."
Technically writing, the digital transfer is weak. The techs did nothing to improve the look of the film it is often grainy and the special effects are dated, with jarring color differences between the twins and their "clones." Touchstone added no features to the DVD, not even cast bios.
Some of the "cameos" were fun, but one wasn't. I enjoyed seeing a young Seth Meyers as the spoiled child and Louis Rukeyser of "Wall Street Week" getting beaten with a purse. The World Trade Center's twin towers were in several shots and that always takes me out of a film for a few moments.
Interesting choice for the writers/producers to go contrary to type and name red-head rose Midler's character "Sadie" and Tomlin's non-traditional character "Rose."
One must suspend a whole truckload of disbelief to swallow the premise that two sets of twins are born at the same moment at the same rural hospital, mixed up, named the same and then cross paths, multiple times 50 years later without seeing eachother. It is extremely contrived, to say the least. But...if you can do that, you'll be rewarded with a very funny, entertaining hour and a half.
Description of Big Business
Bette Midler (THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, BEACHES) and Lily Tomlin (DISNEY'S THE KID, ALL OF ME, 9 TO 5) -- the first ladies of laughter -- star in this critically acclaimed box office hit about two sets of identical twins who are mismatched at birth. Forty years later, their paths cross amid the hustle and bustle of Manhattan, and the result is unrestrained pandemonium. New York's opulent Plaza Hotel is the setting for a wildly hilarious, classic case of mistaken identities, split personalities, and double trouble! With the unparalleled comedic talents of Midler and Tomlin, two's company ... four's a riot!Bestsellers in DVD
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