Isn't She Great Movie Review 2000

Irreverant biopic about the queen of '60s trash novels, Jacqueline Susann (Midler), and her hungry quest for flashy fame. Lane plays her ever-loyal husband and manager, Irving Mansfield. Susann's life was no bed of roses as she fought a long battle with breast cancer and had an austistic child, although she never let her personal tragedies become public fodder. Midler gives an overripe performance while Channing (as best friend Florence) proves to be the true scene-stealer. Unfortunately, the film is even more shallow than a Susann novel and lot less fun. Based on a memoir by Susann's editor, Michael Korda.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Writers, Writers, Women, Period Piece: 1960s, Marriage, Showbiz Dramas, Disease of the Week, Adapted from an Article, Period Piece: 1970s

Screenplay

Paul Rudnick

Cast

Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, John Cleese, John Larroquette, Amanda Peet

Cinematography

Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Director

Andrew Bergman

Music

Burt Bacharach

Producer

Mike Lobell, Ted Kurdyla, Gary Levinsohn, Mark Gordon, Universal Studios