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www.sfgate.com - : Until Terry McMillan wrote the best-selling ``Waiting to Exhale,'' stories about African American women and their sexual sorrows were rare. Ntozake Shange explored the subject in ``for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf'' on stage, and Spike Lee, in his film ``Jungle Fever,'' created a memorable powwow when a group of sisters riffed on their search for a good and faithful man. more...
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deseretnews.com - : Respected actor Forest Whitaker makes his directing debut with this adaptation of Terry McMillan's novel (adapted by McMillan and Ronald Bass, who also wrote the screenplays for ''Rain Man'' and ''The Joy Luck Club.'') Sadly, however, his choices for presenting this episodic ensemble tale of four black Phoenix women and their hapless love lives misfires on nearly every count. more...
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : The first thing to note about Waiting to Exhale, Forest Whitaker's theatrical feature debut as a director, is that it will likely be a huge success with its target audience. Many black women will see themselves in this motion picture, and, subconsciously using their personal background to fill in gaps left by the screenplay, they will declare this film a triumph. I wish I could be as positive with my opinion, but I found Waiting to Exhale to be seriously flawed -- a string of connected vignettes that propel the four main characters along easily predicted character arcs. more...
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