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Postcards from the Edge (1990)

★ 6.6 · 299 ratings on TMDB

Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.

Postcards from the Edge poster★ 6.6

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

DirectorMike Nichols
CastAnnette Bening, Conrad Bain, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Mary Wickes, Meryl Streep
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Postcards from the Edge keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

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