Desperately Seeking Susan

Watch: Desperately Seeking Susan

PG-13

3/29/19851h 44m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Every man is desperate to have her. One woman is desperate to be her. But someone is desperate to kill her. If they can figure out who she is. ~

Overview:

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

Director:

Susan Seidelman

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$4,500,000.00

Revenue:

$27,399,597.00

Key words:

amnesia
lonely hearts ad
woman director

Cast

Rosanna Arquette

~ as ~

Roberta Glass

Madonna

~ as ~

Susan

Aidan Quinn

~ as ~

Dez

Mark Blum

~ as ~

Gary Glass

Robert Joy

~ as ~

Jim

Laurie Metcalf

~ as ~

Leslie Glass

Anna Thomson

~ as ~

Crystal

Will Patton

~ as ~

Wayne Nolan

Steven Wright

~ as ~

Larry Stillman D.D.S.

John Turturro

~ as ~

Ray

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Reviews (2)

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TimtheGiant
Written 5 year(s) ago
10
I always thought this was one of Madonna's best film performance yet.
Wuchak
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
Screwball drama in Manhattan with Rosanna Arquette and Madonna

Roberta (Rosanna Arquette), a bored housewife in the New York City area, becomes obsessed with a wild child named Susan (Madonna) through the personal ads and inadvertently takes on her persona when she visits Manhattan. Unfortunately a hooligan is after Susan for priceless Egyptian earrings (Will Patton). Mark Blum plays Roberta’s jerk husband and Aidan Quinn a new friend in the city.

“Desperately Seeking Susan” (1985) is a quirky drama revolving around mistaken identity in an unlikely story. It’s entertaining enough and also works as a window into mid-80’s New York City. How much a viewer will appreciate it depends on how smitten (or not smitten) they are with Arquette. She’s winsome, for sure, but I can take her or leave her. Madonna is more alluring in the lesser role, but I’m not big on her either; still, there are a couple scenes that nicely spotlight her attractiveness.

The film runs 1 hour and 43 minutes and was shot in Manhattan; Manhasset, Long Island; and Atlantic City.

GRADE: B-