Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.
★ 6.2 / 10 · 216 votes on TMDB
Directed by Forest Whitaker
What it's about
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
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Cast
Whitney Houston
Savannah
Angela Bassett
Bernadine
Loretta Devine
Gloria
Lela Rochon
Robin
Gregory Hines
Marvin
Dennis Haysbert
Kenneth
Mykelti Williamson
Troy
Michael Beach
John, Sr.
Leon
Russell
Wendell Pierce
Michael
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