BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS A WOMAN… WISHING HE’D GET THE HELL OUT OF HER WAY.

Laurel Ayres (Whoopi Goldberg) realizes that there is no place for a woman on Wall Street… so she turns herself into Robert Cutty, a male, white successful businessman. Another mediocre comedy from Whoopi, a remake of a French film, L’Associe (1979). She’s alright as long as she’s Laurel, but when she turns into Cutty she can barely move her head because of all the unbelievable makeup. Not much is funny about this predictable take on the glass ceiling that faces many women, but Dianne Wiest and Austin Pendleton make a cool team. 

1996-U.S. 114 min. Color. Directed by Donald Petrie. Novel: Jenaro Prieto (”El Socio”). Cast: Whoopi Goldberg (Laurel Ayres), Dianne Wiest (Sally Dugan), Eli Wallach (Donald Fallon), Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Austin Pendleton… Allison Janney. Cameo: Donald Trump.

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