Desperately Seeking Susan
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Rosanna Arquette
- Madonna
- Aidan Quinn
- Mark Blum
- Robert Joy
- Laurie Metcalf
- Anna Thomson
- Will Patton
- Peter Maloney
- Steven Wright
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- Jan 15, 2020
dez sadly cradling his cat in his hammock...i really don’t know a better man
eelyMar 13, 2017Shoulda been gayer!!!
Aaron MichaelMar 12, 2020It gives me no pleasure to admit that film projectionist is a hot job
Caroline - May 3, 2015
When Seidelman shoots her characters often times it is from the feet up, but it's not about a sexual gaze or the leering of bodies, but instead it's to get a full look at an outfit. Her lens becomes a mirror that moves from heels to hose to dress to necklace to make-up to…
Willow MaclayMar 13, 2025madonna dancing to her own song in her own movie is kinda iconic
theoJan 16, 2020feels like Aidan Quinn walked so Jake Johnson could run. I could watch Madonna say "hiya" to Laurie Metcalf on loop. bisexual canon! the perils of thrifting! John Turturro!!
fran hoepfner - Mar 18, 2024
casting Madonna in this movie was like buying stock in Nintendo a week before the Wii was announced
EvasiveNov 2, 2020I’m here for the peak 80s NYC neon aesthetic and every incredible look from Madonna and Rosanna Arquette. Into the Groove is one of the greatest songs of all time, Madonna was the epitome of cool.
Bryan EspitiaNov 13, 2020Aidan Quinn in a hammock hugging a cat. That’s it, that’s the review.
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- Ani N. lovedDesperately Seeking Susan
I was in high school when this came out, a period where fashion looked like a rainbow barfed all over everyone. I wore black and shopped in thrift and army surplus stores. I loved this movie and Madonna’s fashion because it validated my weirdness. I’ll forever love this movie 🥰
listed is "meh" onDesperately Seeking SusanI don’t dislike it
MovieDaddy dislikedDesperately Seeking SusanA pretty solid premise but executed incredibly poorly. A lot of people look to this as some kind of 80s culture icon, but Clueless did it better in the 90s (for comparison). This one is way overhyped.
- Johnny Blackchurch likedDesperately Seeking Susan
This is visually satisfying but the plot is kind of dumb. Watch it for the styles. And really, no one else used Madonna’s limited acting skills any better than this. (“Just be yourself,” probably.)
Ellie likedDesperately Seeking Susanentertaining, absolutely love that roberta left her husband because he was a dull dull man who didn’t see her like yes girl
Dora likedDesperately Seeking SusanMadonna being Madonna. Fun 80s movie. Great chemistry between characters.
- lexi lovedDesperately Seeking Susan
I think it’s a great movie i love madonna in it i definetly reccomend it!
adriana is "meh" onDesperately Seeking Susancool costumes and stuff but so boring. madonna or whatever
Coco likedDesperately Seeking Susandesperately seeking Susan's wardrobe rn
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Metacritic
Desperately Seeking Susan does not move with the self-confidence that its complicated plot requires. But it has its moments, and many of them involve the different kinds of special appeal that Arquette and Madonna are able to generate. They are very particular individuals, and in a dizzying plot they somehow succeed in creating specific, interesting characters.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Desperately Seeking Susan, based on a good screenplay by a new writer named Leora Barish, is a terrifically genial New York City farce in which the lives of two very different young women become tangled in an Orlon web of lies, half-truths and cross purposes. Full of funny, sharply observed details, reflected in Santo Loquasto's witty production design as well as in all of the dozens of individual performances. The cast is virtually a Players Guide to the variety of performing talent available in New York.
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
A whimsical but optimistic tale of mistaken identity, it starred the Material Girl as the cheekily irresistible Susan, and turned Rosanna Arquette (repressed housewife Roberta) into a star.
William Thomas
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