Boys on the Side
1995 · Movie · R · 115 min · ★ 6.4 · 68% critics
A nightclub singer answers a personal ad for a cross-country ride with an AIDS patient real estate agent. Along the way, they stop to help the singer’s friend escape an abusive relationship, and the three women’s contrasting personalities are forced to work together through emotional highs and hard setbacks.
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Details
- Years
- 1995
- Release date
- 1995-02-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (262 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this heartfelt, sometimes soapy road-trip friendship drama if you like big emotions and character clashes; Not for you if you want a more subtle, less melodramatic take on Thelma & Louise or Fried Green Tomatoes-style stories.
Pros: heartfelt women’s road trip; strong ensemble performances; mix of comedy and drama | Cons: melodramatic pacing; some parts feel contrived; mixed tone for some viewers
Themes
- friendship
- escape
- aids
- homophobia
- homicide
- roommates
- car journey
- female friendship
- road trip
- friends
- domestic violence
- fresh start
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Whoopi Goldberg
as Jane Deluca
Mary-Louise Parker
as Robin
Drew Barrymore
as Holly Pulchik-Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey
as Abe Lincoln
James Remar
as Alex
Billy Wirth
as Nick
Anita Gillette
as Elaine
Dennis Boutsikaris
as Massarelli
Estelle Parsons
as Louise
Amy Aquino
as Anna
Directed by Herbert Ross