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Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

Susan Seidelman

Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Will Patton ...

4.6

4,198

Comedy. Romance Arquette is Roberta Glass, a bored New Jersey yuppie housewife who finds escapism from her mundane life in the New York personal ad exploits of a flighty bohemian named Susan (Madonna). When Roberta travels to the city to witness an ad-inspired meeting between Susan and her lover Jimmy, she bumps her head, loses her memory, and for all intensive purposes, becomes Susan, thanks to a case of mistaken identity. As a result, she is pursued ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A terrifically genial New York City farce (...) Full of funny, sharply observed details"	POS
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"A lark, an exhilarating celebration of people who have the good sense to be in touch with themselves and with each other"	POS
United States	Chicago Tribune	"It's a highly implausible story, but one that's told with engaging, often witty style, enhanced by the film's offbeat settings and situations and the charm of its cast"	POS
United States	Paul Attanasio The Washington Post	"[It] is just a woman's version of The Woman in Red, where Gene Wilder chased Kelly Le Brock because she was great looking and rich and he had the middle-class blues. The only difference is that Wilder felt guilty about it"	NEG
United States	David Denby The New Yorker	"A few scenes are very funny, but the picture would have worked much better if Seidelman had thrown away half the dialogue and built some momentum."	NEU

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