Having a wonderful time. Wish I were here.
This movie is predominately about substance abuse and how it can really ruin your life. It's also a good spoof of Hollywood stars who turn up to work too out of their face to function properly and how it affects their careers. However it is also very funny and touching, and Meryl Streep is brilliant as always. She plays Suzanne, a washed out and drugged up actress who is continuously losing work because of her addiction to prescription drugs. Her mother (played by Shirley McLaine) is still caught up on her own life being a waste and finds it hard to communicate with her daughter without insulting how she lives her life. However at the same time she is fiercly dedicated to Suzanne and is constantly sticking up for her and there for her when her drug-taking gets too much. (It strikes me that this peculiar and overbearing mother and daughter relationship is very like that of 'Terms of Endearment)
I really liked this movie and am pleased to find a film that is never mentioned today but surprisingly gives a spot on example of how celebrity can destroy someone's life. Nothing new there then.
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