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The Mirror Has Two Faces

1996

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Lauren Bacall ...

5.8

6,678

Romance. Comedy Rose and Gregory, both Columbia University professors meet when Rose's sister answers Gregory's "personals" ad. Several times burned, the handsome-but-boring Gregory believes that sex has ruined his life, and has deliberately set out to find and marry a woman with absolutely no sex appeal. Greg thinks he's found what he's looking for in Rose, a plain, plump English Lit professor who can't compete with her gorgeous mother and sister. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"The narcissism on display is astonishing to behold (...) Pic does deliver a number of laughs, deep-dish luxury on the production side and an engagingly enthusiastic performance from Bridges"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] approaches the subject of marriage warily and with wit (...) This is a moving and challenging movie (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Is it our fault that no one told Barbra Streisand she was pretty as a child? It must be, because she keeps making movies that punish us"	NEG
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"This material might even have worked if reality had been allowed to intrude. But Greg is left one-dimensional and unexplained"	NEG
United States	Stephen Thompson AV Club	"It's long and plodding, with far too many cliches"	NEG
United Kingdom	Bob McCabe Empire	"A few decent performances but a little mawkish in places (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"No two characters could be less spontaneous than Rose and Greg. No modern romantic comedy could be more manufactured or … awful"	NEG
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"It is just Streisand's inability to show herself in a less than flattering light that undermines the dramatic structure of the story (...) Applause should go to Jeff Bridges"	NEU
United Kingdom	Joanna Berry Radio Times	"[A] so-so romantic comedy (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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