Drug-addicted Hollywood star Suzanne Vale (Meryl Streep) is working for director Lowell Korshack (Gene Hackman). She showed promise early but her career has spiraled down. Former classmate Jack Faulkner (Dennis Quaid) brings her to the ER after she OD'ed. Dr. Frankenthal (Richard Dreyfuss) pumps her stomach. Aretha (Robin Bartlett) is her roommate in rehab. Doris Mann (Shirley MacLaine) is her stage mom and a hard-drinking Hollywood legend. The insurance company for her movie demands that she stays with her mother.
This is written by Carrie Fisher as a thinly veiled biography of her life with her mother Debbie Reynolds. There are great memorable moments like Suzanne overhearing the crew ridiculing her. The plot meanders too much and lacks a direction. There are terrific bits of scenes but the whole doesn't build to something better.
This is written by Carrie Fisher as a thinly veiled biography of her life with her mother Debbie Reynolds. There are great memorable moments like Suzanne overhearing the crew ridiculing her. The plot meanders too much and lacks a direction. There are terrific bits of scenes but the whole doesn't build to something better.