Weve got you covered with similar films that blend quippy comedy with heart-wrenching narratives.
Its also a self-discovery tale that spotlights two polar personalities who push each other to be their best selves.
Jane (Yara Shahidi) is calculative and introspective.
Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey in ‘Beaches’ | IMDb
A meticulous planner destined to own a calendar adorned with a highlighter and post-it note key.
Corrine (Odessa Azion) is spontaneous and adventurous.
She is a wildflower with a penchant for finding fun anywhere she goes.
Shes undaunted and confident.
Beaches 1988 |Prime Video
Beachesundoubtedly inspiredSitting in Bars with Cake,as they boast near-identical premises.
The 80s classic chronicles a 30-year friendship between the free-spirited C.C.
Bloom (Bette Midler) and the Betty-by-the-book Hillary Essex (Barbara Hershey).
The two reunite as adults when C.C.
is a singer and entertainer and Hillary is an activist.
And, when Hillary gets diagnosed with Cancer, C.C.
rises to the occasion.
Their devotion is unending.
The film maintains a joyful atmosphere despite the very heartwrenching narrative turns.
Throughout the film, the women encounter tragedy and misfortune.
Polar personalities come together to create magic in this warm and rich interpretation of the adolescent experience.
The banter between Freeman and Nicholson is effortless and hysterical.
Youll eat it up like chocolate cake.
Swanks raw performance lifts the sometimes saccharine script, and the chemistry between her and Rossum carries the film.
Though portraying the disease with honesty, it sometimes fails to appropriately grapple with its intensity and destabilizing impact.
