based on novel or book,single mother,divorce,anxious,friendship between women,cautionary,adoring,celebratory,comforting,african american romance,african american friendship

Waiting to Exhale (1995)

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Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.

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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Director
Forest Whitaker
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    Savannah Whitney Houston
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    Bernadine Angela Bassett
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    Gloria Loretta Devine
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    Robin Lela Rochon
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    Marvin Gregory Hines
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    Kenneth Dennis Haysbert
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    Troy Mykelti Williamson
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    John, Sr. Michael Beach

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • single mother
  • divorce
  • anxious
  • friendship between women
  • cautionary
  • adoring
  • celebratory
  • comforting
  • african american romance
  • african american friendship