Waiting to Exhale poster

Waiting to Exhale

19952h 7mComedy · Drama · Romance
directed by Forest Whitaker

“Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.”

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6.3 / 10
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6 / 10
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Synopsis

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.

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