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Waiting to Exhale

1995 · 127 min

A warm, honest look at friendship and love that feels like catching up with old friends—comforting, funny, and heartfelt.

Tagline
Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.
Overview
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Forest Whitaker
Written by
Ronald Bass, Terry McMillan
Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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