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Overall Rank: 9257
Average Rating: 2.4/4
# of Ratings: 50
Theatrical Release Date: 05/31/1991
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Hoffman
Actors: Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg
Plot: Celeste Talbert is queen of the soaps, but up-and-coming actress Montana Moorehead wants nothing more than to get rid of her to further her own career. Working with a producer and an ex-flame of Talbert, they try their best to write her out - but each action has unintended consequences. -- Chris Kavan
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Indyfreak - wrote on 06/07/2020
Snappy dialogue and zany hijinks compliment the excellent cast in this satirical riff on daytime soap operas.
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serioussir - wrote on 05/10/2008
Am over-the-top parody of the soap opera world. Quite funny with a good cast.
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Filled with more chuckles than laughs
The M.O.W. - wrote on 08/01/2008
The set of the hit Daytime Drama, The Sun also Sets is even more of a soap opera than it is on the air.
The award-winning "Celeste Talbart" (Sally Fields) is the beloved star of the television series. But in real life, she doesn't have the dream life of a TV star we all believe they have. "Montana Moorehead" (Cathy Moriarty-Gentile) is using the show's producer "David Barnes" (Robert Downey Jr.) to get "Celeste" off the show so she can be the star. Writer "Rose Schwartz" (Whoopi Goldberg) seems to be the only level-headed person in the studio and is good friends with "Celeste," whom she helps during a bout of depression after her lover goes back to his wife and child.
"Lori Craven" (Elisabeth Shue), who is determined to become an actress, joins the show as an unknowing pawn in …
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