Benedito Dias Rodrigues Nobody in the eighties made a huge success than Bette Midler,she was a comedy's Queen in that period,like this movie who she plays twice,if one Bette Midler is good try to imagine on double acting...fantastic,this turn she plays a rich and arrogant business woman instead your twin sister who is poor and friendly,together with another twin sister played by Lily Tomlin not so funny this time,when all sister end up meeting the confusion is done,all kind weird situation was placed in this clever comedy,Bette as unmistakable style as walk and as talk...singular to say at minimum!!! Resume: First watch: 2007 / How many: 2 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5

FlashCallahan In a small town, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One pair to a poor local family and the other pair to a rich family passing through the small town . The nurse on duty mixes the twins by mistake unbeknown to the parents. Flash forward to the eighties, and the twins are about to cross paths following a business deal to close down a factory that has mutual connotations the both pairs of twins.....Its a Bette Midler vehicle for sure, and the back end of the eighties were just hit after hit for her. But the quality wasn't always there, and despite Midler and Tom,in being really good, it's not got the venom that her other films had, a really dark streak was needed in this.What we get is a running joke of the nice Tomlin/Midler talking to someone, and then the not so nice Tomlin/Midler talking to the same person, leaving the camera on said person looking highly confused.Its funny the first couple of times, but then the film begins to rely on that one joke.It's typically eighties fodder, high heels, big hair, and shoulder pads, featuring a brilliant song during the end credits.It would probably hold some nostalgia value to someone who saw it when it first came out, but for me, it's pretty average stuff.

annmason24 This is a fun film for a rainy day. It is nice to hang out at the Plaza Hotel for an hour or so. Bette Midler steals the show, but with the full cooperation of Lily Tomlin, who is extremely annoying. Miss Tomlin pants her way through the New York character and "hicks" her way through the other. Neither is anywhere near believable, and the viewer needs a remote to fast forward through her scenes. The more I watch this film, the more and more grating is Lily Tomlin's voice. She seems to want to convey stress by panting and panting and panting, only relieved by flapping her hands and losing her shoulder pad before panting and flapping some more.If I were the New York City Sadie, I would have dumped this this nails-on-the-chalkboard Sis long before she inherited.

mykl_tour The script. The Direction. The camp performance from both Tomlin & Midler is pure genius. Every inch of this film is delectable. Very few films are made like this anymore, and this was one of the last of the '80s of this genre - where the script and the direction was paramount. It's as fresh as when it was first released. Midler manages to be three character in this film, the City Saide, the Country Sadie, and then the Country Sadie pretending to be the City Sadie! Tomlin is subtle but wonderful as the neurotic City Rose and the feisty Country Rose, and is able to balance the act with panache. The dialogue is wonderful, and at every point of the film you think the characters are going to be caught out - the dialogue saves it for another time. You start rooting for the girls not to get caught, then realise, they're not doing anything wrong! It's Fate twisting itself in a knot the whole time.