Waiting to Exhale Page #8

Synopsis: This story based on the best selling novel by Terry McMillan follows the lives of four African-American women as they try to deal with their very lives. Friendship becomes the strongest bond between these women as men, careers, and families take them in different directions. Often light-hearted this movie speaks about some of the problems and struggles the modern women face in today's world.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Forest Whitaker
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  8 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
R
Year:
1995
124 min
12,606 Views


SAVANNAH:
Me either.

BERNADINE:
Somewhere different.

GLORIA:
I'm down.

SAVANNAH:
Me too.

D.J.:
--when Roberta Flack was saying

"It Might Be You"?

Who is this?

- Roberta Flack.

- Roberta Flack.

[ROBERTA FLAcK'S

"IT MIGHT BE YOU" PLAYS]

It's an old cut.

It's an old cut.

Oh, you know this is....

Tookie.

Y'all know the movie.

- Tootsie?

- Tootsie.

Yeah, this is from Tootsie.

Dustin Hoffman.

This is steaming up, you know.

[SINGING]

Yeah.

D.J.:
If you got no plans tonight,

got nowhere to go...

...don't fret, don't panic

and don't be afraid.

Do that for yourself....

SAVANNAH:
This baby'll

have more than one mama.

If you're mad, get even...

...but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

whatever you do, do it this year.

Let's do this.

[CHEERING]

Nine. Eight. Seven. Six.

ROBIN:
I think it's time.

- Five. Four.

- Three. Two. One.

ALL:
Three! Two! One!

- Happy New Year.

- Happy New year!

SAVANNAH:

We made it!

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Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan (born October 31, 1951) is an American author. Her work is characterized by relatable female protagonists. more…

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