Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge
by Mike Nichols

Postcards from the Edge
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Actor: Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Meryl Streep, Richard Dreyfuss, Shirley MacLaine
Director: Mike Nichols
Brand: STREEP,MERYL
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus
Producer: Mike Nichols
Producer: John Calley
Producer: Neil A. Machlis
Producer: Robert Greenhut
Producer: Susan MacNair
Writer: Carrie Fisher
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Chinese (Dubbed); French (Dubbed); Portuguese (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of Postcards from the Edge

DVD Review: Mother love
Summary: 5 Stars

I had seen this movie in the theater and just had to finally own it. It truly is a feel good movie. And Shirley MacLaine with Meryl Streep is a win win situation. As in other MacLaine movies she is sassy as ever just as in real life and that is one reason I love her movies. And Meryl Streep is so versatile, and still going strong, the both of them. Proof you can get acting jobs as a woman after 40, you just have to be timeless and those 2 are up with there with the best timeless actresses. Glad for their continued successes.

DVD Review: A nice package!
Summary: 4 Stars

Postcards From The Edge is a wonderful, edgy comedy with a tightly written script, wonderful lead performances, and it is littered with cameos and small roles that give a industry-insider feel without detracting from the story. If you love State & Main...you need to watch this as well.

DVD Review: A VERY FUNNY MOTHER-DAUGHTER MOVIE
Summary: 4 Stars

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE is a lovely movie, with a wonderful cast. Watching two of the finest actresses in cinema ( Streep, and MacLaine ) play off from one another is quite a treat. They really brought out some of the poignancy of the characters from Carrie Fisher's memorable, autuobiographical, book, while still managing to be flat-out hilarious. It's a chick-flick, perhaps, but a fun one, and well worth the price of admission.

DVD Review: Good film & still holds up
Summary: 4 Stars

If you never read Carrie's 1987 book with the same name then you would not be spoiled by the film.

The book was good & so is the film.

A lot of names in the cast. Meryl & Shirley are great as Suzanne & Doris. Several of the cast are friends of Carrie's.

COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT QUAID. I am NOT a fan of his.

Of course this is an older DVD. I would have thought they would have released it December 2008 when Carrie's book "Wishful Drinking" was released.

Good to have the option of widescreen or not.

I am HOWEVER, DISAPPOINTED IN THE EXTRAS. Only 1 of note is Carrie's commentary. No deleted scenes or mistakes.
Ha ha Bonus trailers YOU GET TO SEE TRAILER FOR OTHER FILM NOT INTERESTED

Talent files on some of the cast-WAS NOT COMPLETE OR CURRENT.

As I said, extras were a disappointment.

But, you will not be disappointed in the film.

DVD Review: One great movie!
Summary: 5 Stars

Streep and Maclaine are outstandingly hilarious as mother and daughter. Both these actresses also show off their vocal talents and Streep is obviously talented enough to have succeeded entirely on her singing.

Description of Postcards from the Edge

A young film star and drug addict survives a rehab clinic only to discover how hard things are in the world of Hollywood.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 1-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
As its title might suggest, this movie based on Carrie Fisher's Hollywood struggle works better as a snapshot than as a complete film. Meryl Streep plays Suzanne Vale, a successful actress who is lost in her addictions. Her episodes are never as bombastic as Clean and Sober or other antidrug movies of the 1990s, however. Vale's a more lovable person, and as with all lovable people in Hollywood, other Hollywood people care for her: an understanding director (Gene Hackman), a philandering boyfriend (Dennis Quaid), and a bemused doctor (Richard Dreyfuss). But if you are going to talk about Fisher, you are going to mention her mom, Debbie Reynolds. And here Vale's mom is the die-hard Doris Mann, played with appropriate virtuosity by Shirley MacLaine. The love-hate mother-daughter relationship takes over the film in an entertaining way, with Fisher's sharp comic writing coming into play. You nearly forgive Vale's troubles for having to live under a hurricane like Mann (who goes into her nightclub act at the drop of a hat). The film's sweetest pleasure is seeing Streep loose and modern, nary a drab outfit or an accent in sight. Streep and director Mike Nichols make a risky--and rewarding--finale (fueled by the Oscar-nominated "I'm Checking Out" by Shel Silverstein) work effortlessly. --Doug Thomas

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