Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Director:
Forest Whitaker
Tagline:
« Friends are the people who let you be yourself… and never let you forget it. »
Actors:
Savannah
Bernadine
Gloria
Robin
Marvin
Rating:
(14’068 votes)
(14’068 votes)
Quotes:
« Bernadine Harris: I give you 11 fucking years of my life and you're telling me you're leaving me for a white woman?
»
« John Harris, Sr.: Would it help if she was black?
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« Bernadine Harris: No. It would help if you were black.
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« Fireman: Ma'am, were you aware that your car was on fire?
»
[Bernadine nods her head while smoking a cigarette]
« Fireman: Ma'am, did you start this fire?
»
[she puffs smoke and plainly looks at him]
« Fireman: You know, it's against the law to burn anything except trash in your yard.
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« Bernadine Harris: [flicks off ashes from her cigarette] It is trash.
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« Fireman: Look, this is a nice area. Luckily, a neighbor cared enough. Listen, the next time you want to burn something…
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« Bernadine Harris: It won't happen again.
»
[she shuts the door in his face]
« Bernadine Harris: The worst thing is that he made me move out here where my children are in school with only one other black kid so they won't be improperly influenced. Well, guess what John, YOU'RE the motherfuckin' improper influence! Get your shit! Get your shit! And, get out!
»
Trailer:
Waiting To Exhale
Runtime:124 minutes
Plots:
Follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with men.
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.
