Waiting to Exhale starring Whitney
Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta
Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines
Good Movie
Based on a novel by Terry McMillan, this weepy melodrama about four
African American women and the men who wronged them became an
instant cultural phenomenon when it was released back in 1995. Its easy
to see why Exhale struck a nerve: the movie boasts an attractive cast of
African American actresses and personalities, including Whitney Houston,
Angela Bassett, and Lela Rochon. Unfortunately, though, Exhale sags
under the weight of its soapy, crisis of the week plotting and relentlessly
cheery you go, girl! optimism. And African American men, cast here as
insensitive lovers and pigheaded materialists, get the very short end of the
feminist stick. Perhaps moviegoers were simply responding to the brilliant
soundtrack by R&B superstar Babyface, who provided the movies only real
groove. --Ethan Brown
Personal Review: Waiting to Exhale starring Whitney Houston,
Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines
"Waiting to Exhale" is a film that takes you on a powerful and heartfelt
excursion with four women: Bernie, Savannah, Robin and Gloria. Each
woman experiences her share of problems with the opposite sex, but
through it all, they depend heavily on one another to help them through the
most bleak of times. What has proven to be the most captivating story is
that of Bernie (Angela Bassett did an excellent job, as usual.) She and her
husband, John, have been married for eleven years and have two children.

In the beginning of the motion picture, though, he abruptly informs her that
he is leaving her for another woman. That information totally infuriates her
and she really does some horrible things to his personal belongings. The
viewer can't help but feel sorry for her because the pain she was
experiencing was written all over her face throughout the film. Savannah
(played by Whitney Houston) keeps ending up with men who use her for
sex. The man she likes the most is married. Robin (the beautiful Lela
Rochon) is extremely gullible when it comes to men. The men she dates
in this film love her and leave her, that it, until she builds up some courage
to tell them how she feels. Gloria lives with her teenaged son Tarik. She
is still attracted to his father, and when he comes to visit, she tries to be
intimate with him, until he tells her that he is gay. However, she finds love
with her new next door neighbor.
I love this film! I cannot get enough of it. Though it seems to be
easier for women to watch, I feel that everyone can get some laughter and
entertainment from it. 5 stars. Wait, where is the option for 10 stars?
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