Syl Academy Award winners, Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine play a mother and daughter actress and singers in Hollywood, California. They are loosely based on Carrie Fisher's memoir about her life as the daughter of Debbie Reynolds. The film has great moments with Streep and Maclaine and mother and daughter. The cast is first rate. Mary Wickes who played Grandma was one of Hollywood's greatest character actresses. Conrad Bain played Grandpa. The film is about how Suzanne Vale must live with her mother, Doris Mann, while she is shooting with a film with an all-star cast and directed by Mike Nichols. Gene Hackman played the director. Richard Dreyfuss played the doctor. Carrie Fisher even has a cameo. Annette Bening made her film debut. Dennis Quaid displayed his ability to act with Streep. The film is fine and great to see Meryl Streep sing too. A must for Meryl Streep fans to see and wonder why she's marvelous Meryl Streep.

betty dalton Meryl Streep is like a cameleon. I honestly dont know many other actresses that can act so believable. It is truly as if she becomes the person whose role she is playing. In "Postcards from the Edge" Meryl Streep plays a drug addicted moviestar who is forced into a rehab after an overdose. Will she survive? Will she be able to pick up her life again? That's the story. Sounds dramatic and depressing, doesnt it? But it is one of the funniest and dearest movies there is. "Postcards from the Edge" has got some genuine tender moments that really lift up this film above all the other comedies.Because however heavy the story might sound it is truly a lighthearted comedy with a warm gentle heart.For those who know the following supporting actors will be immediately impressed: Rob Reiner, Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid and ofcourse Shirley MacClaine who plays an oscar worthy role as an alcoholic mother of Meryl Streep.If you love Meryl Streep then you gotta see this wonderful warm and lovely comedy. Directed by the grandmaster Mike Nichols who just cant do anything wrong, on the contrary this man keeps on delivering masterpiece after masterpiece. And he did it again with "Postcards from the Edge"!

Davis P Postcards from the edge really was destined for greatness just by hearing who heads up the cast. I mean come on, Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep! Two of my favorite actress starring in a powerful well written film. The two legendary artists turn in fine performances. They have great chemistry and deliver the dialogue very well. The two have very strong words for one another throughout the entire movie, the script is full of heated exchanges between the mother and daughter. They have an extremely fractured/strained relationship and that relationship is what the movie focuses on. There are some comedic moments and pieces of dialogue, so it's not all heavy and dramatic, but much of it is pretty heavy because there is a lot of junk in the past between the two that they try to work through and deal with. Honestly this movie relies on two things to make it work, without these things the film would fail miserably. The script and the actors performances. And since those aspects of the movie are spot on, this one is a big win. If you're looking for a family drama with some heavy issues and also some well done comedic material, then I'd definitely suggest postcards from the edge! 9/10.

SnoopyStyle Drug-addicted Hollywood star Suzanne Vale (Meryl Streep) is working for director Lowell Korshack (Gene Hackman). She showed promise early but her career has spiraled down. Former classmate Jack Faulkner (Dennis Quaid) brings her to the ER after she OD'ed. Dr. Frankenthal (Richard Dreyfuss) pumps her stomach. Aretha (Robin Bartlett) is her roommate in rehab. Doris Mann (Shirley MacLaine) is her stage mom and a hard-drinking Hollywood legend. The insurance company for her movie demands that she stays with her mother.This is written by Carrie Fisher as a thinly veiled biography of her life with her mother Debbie Reynolds. There are great memorable moments like Suzanne overhearing the crew ridiculing her. The plot meanders too much and lacks a direction. There are terrific bits of scenes but the whole doesn't build to something better.