Beaches
1988 · Movie · PG-13 · 123 min · ★ 6.7 · 45% critics
Two girls from very different backgrounds meet as kids and form a bond that lasts for decades. As they grow up, they juggle careers, romance, distance, and clashing personalities, testing how much their friendship can endure when life takes unexpected turns.
Based on Beaches
Also known as Remember Me
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Details
- Years
- 1988
- Release date
- 1988-12-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 45/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (280 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional, music-filled friendship drama that mixes laughs with tears, in the vein of Stepmom or My Sister’s Keeper; Not for you if you dislike sentimental, melodramatic stories.
Pros: heartfelt lifelong friendship; memorable songs; funny-sad mix | Cons: rushed time jumps; heavy sentiment; uneven character focus
Themes
- loss of loved one
- female friendship
- class differences
- buddy
- death of mother
- childhood friends
- dying young
- cardiomyopathy
- loving
- dramatic
- intense
- adoring
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1989 · nominated
Cast & crew
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)
- ML
Marcie Leeds
as Hillary (age 11)
- CW
Carol Williard
as Aunt Vesta
Directed by Garry Marshall