The First Wives Club (DVD)

First Wives Club begins with the suicide of Cynthia, an old college friend of Brenda, Elise and Annie. The three friends get together because of Cynthia's death, which was the result of depression after a failed marriage, and gradually, it becomes clear that each of them is also coming out of a ruined relationship - all have husbands who left them for younger women and all are feeling unconfident and deflated. Then they decide to stick together and fight back - the result is a series of comeuppances for the erring husbands. But will this bring them happiness? Brenda, Elise and Annie are played by Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton. All play their roles ...  Read the complete review

The First Wives Club centres around three friends who have all been cheated on and ditched by their husbands. After the suicide of their good friend Cynthia, who died from a broken heart, they want revenge, desperate not to end up as their deceased friend did. This group of friends couldn't be more different. Elise Elliot (Goldie Hawn) is the glamorous, wealthy star under alcohol's influence. Brenda Cushman (Bette Midler) is the overweight, mother of a young boy torn between warring parents. Annie Paradis (Diane Keaton) as the introverted, push-over type. I expected this to be the typical 'Don't get mad, get even' (or 'get everything', as Ivana ...  Read the complete review

What happens when you take three huge female stars of comedy and put them together in one film? There are two possibilities. Either you could end up with a total disaster, where each star vies for the best bits and laughs, or you could get one very clever piece of movie making that will keep you smiling from beginning to end. With the First Wives Club (FWC), we have thankfully been blessed with the latter. The Story: Simply stated, three old college mates get together after the fourth in their old gang (played by Stockard Channing) commits suicide when her husband tosses her over for a "newer model". As a result, they decide to join forces in ...  Read the complete review

~~~The First Wives Club~~~ The death of an old college friend brings three women together, after years spent apart the friends reminisce and exaggerate how good their lives are. However as the cracks begin to appear in their stories, the three women realise they still have something in common ... namely their cheating scoundrel husbands that have put them down and traded them in for younger models. Hellbent on getting justice they decide to play the men at their own game. ~The cast: Goldie Hawn ~ Elise Elliot Diane Keaton ~ Annie Paradis Bette Midler ~ Brenda Cushman Stockard Channing ~ Cynthia Swann ...  Read the complete review

Forget the Spice Girls- This 90's classic showcases Girl Power at its very best! The movie centres around Annie, Elise and Brenda- three women who were the best of friends at college, but who have since drifted apart into their separate lives. Their bittersweet reunion occurs when they attend the funeral of Cynthia, the fourth member of their gang who committed suicide after her husband remarried a much younger women. The trio then share with each other their own experiences of being traded in for a newer model. Annie, an eternal optimist, initially hopes to reunite with her estranged husband, until she discovers that he has become romantically ...  Read the complete review