Some Friendships Last Forever
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
Beaches (1988) is a comedy and drama film directed by Garry Marshall, released on December 21, 1988 with a runtime of 2h 3m. It stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard and Spalding Gray. Viewers rate it 6.7 out of 10 across 286 ratings.
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Bette Midler
as CC Bloom
Barbara Hershey
as Hillary Whitney Essex
John Heard
as John Pierce
Spalding Gray
as Dr. Richard Milstein
Lainie Kazan
as Leona Bloom
James Read
as Michael Essex
Grace Johnston
as Victoria Essex
Mayim Bialik
as CC (age 11)
Marcie Leeds
as Hillary (age 11)
Carol Williard
as Aunt Vesta
Allan Kent
as Mr. Melman
Phil Leeds
as Sammy Pinkers
Directed by Garry Marshall, written by Mary Agnes Donoghue and Iris Rainer, produced by Bette Midler, Bonnie Bruckheimer and Margaret South.
Average viewer score of 6.7/10 from 286 ratings.
_**Entertaining “Chick flick” with Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey**_ Two preadolescent girls meet on the beach and become lifelong friends living on two different coasts. The brassy CC Bloom (Bette Midler) is a performer living in New York City while the classy, but reserved Hillary (Barbara Hershey) lives on the West Coast. Bubbly Mayim Bialik appears as the 11 year-old version of CC in the opening act while…
Reviewed on December 20, 2020
"Beaches" is an earnest and well meaning film throughout that always favours the overbearing and self important Bette Midler at the expense of the much more insipid Barbara Hershey as it endeavours to tackle the notion of a friendship which spans decades and supersedes all other considerations, but such a misplaced and lofty ambition as this is often an almost impossible aspiration to realistically achieve during a…
Reviewed on July 26, 2024
There's something quite uncanny about the resemblance between the young "CC" (Mayim Mialik) and Bette Midler who plays her adult self in this quite touching story of lifelong friendship. That all starts when this ordinary youngster meets the well-heeled "Hillary" (Marcie Leeds then Barbara Hershey) and despite being from opposite sides of the tracks, they begin to bond. The former has a love of all things showbiz…
Reviewed on December 28, 2024
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Beaches (1988) is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Beaches (1988) includes Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray and Lainie Kazan. The film was directed by Garry Marshall. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Beaches was released on December 21, 1988 and runs for 2h 3m.
Beaches (1988) holds an average rating of 6.7 out of 10 from 286 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy comedy and drama films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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