Film1987100 min

Outrageous Fortune

Name: Outrageous Fortune
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1987
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky, John Schuck

Taste attributes: comedymafia/gangsterdetectivetried & testedunsavourylineardeep rivalryfighting evil

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"The CIA is trailing them, the KGB is tracking them, the phone company is tracing them, the police are chasing them, the cowboys are herding them, and the Indians are hunting them. Are they going to fall for all of that?”"

Boxlist takeA comedy that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.1 /10

TMDB · 84 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.

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