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Bette Midler and Nathan Lane star in this comedy about Jacqueline Susann, the ambitious woman of dubious talent who wrote Valley of the Dolls, a best-selling novel that became a sensation.Bette Midler and Nathan Lane star in this comedy about Jacqueline Susann, the ambitious woman of dubious talent who wrote Valley of the Dolls, a best-selling novel that became a sensation.Bette Midler and Nathan Lane star in this comedy about Jacqueline Susann, the ambitious woman of dubious talent who wrote Valley of the Dolls, a best-selling novel that became a sensation.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Christopher McDonald
- Brad Bradburn
- (as Christopher MacDonald)
Dina Spybey-Waters
- Bambi Madison
- (as Dina Spybey)
Dan Ziskie
- Guy's doctor
- (as Daniel Ziskie)
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- TriviaAs depicted in the movie, Truman Capote, when appearing as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in July 1969, announced that Jacqueline Susann looked "like a truck driver in drag". Capote later recanted his insult about Susann, apologizing to any truckers who may have been offended.
- GoofsTruman Capote's quote, "That's not writing, that's typing," was in reference to Jack Kerouac, not Jacqueline Susann.
- Quotes
Florence Maybelle: [about a necklace] If a man ever bought that for me, not only would I have sex with him, but I would *enjoy* it!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Worst Films of 2000 (2001)
- SoundtracksI'm On My Way
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Performed by Dionne Warwick
Courtesy of Platiunum Entertainment
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Bad film with a suicidal title...
A good way to gauge the end results of this film disaster would be to temporarily resurrect the personage of Jacqueline Susann to get her reaction. I think she would have laughed it off the screen, but not amused laughter: aching, bitter, cynical laughter. I don't see it as a camp film ("Valley of the Dolls" was a camp film); this is a pure, unadulterated error in judgment by many talented people with honorable intentions. The picture looks good and has the nice addition of Burt Bacharach's music score (with the occasional Dionne Warwick vocal--natch), but it is unbearably miscast. When was the last time you can remember Bette Midler failing to ignite on screen (her TV sitcom not accepted)? Bette strains for a low-key effect in the serious moments, but it's just not in her to be pensive; her raucous scenes also derail, and this is due in part to poor direction, poor editing choices, and also poor judgment from Midler, who lets herself be seen on-camera struggling (a struggling comedienne is about as funny as a drowning one--here she does both). A sequence in the film that has hubby-to-be Irving Mansfield following Jackie into a NYC lake is both outrageous and deadening. The factually-incorrect script aside, "Isn't She Great" (no question mark?) is quite simply a beleaguered movie: vapid, colorless, unfocused, and out-of-touch. Susann might've asked what her 'cut' was and then forgot the entire thing. *1/2 from ****
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- Cô ấy thật tuyệt
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- Budget
- $44,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,962,465
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,368,705
- Jan 30, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $3,003,296
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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