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Beaches is a 2017 American drama television film directed by Allison Anders from a screenplay by Nikole Beckwith and Kate Lanier. It is a remake of the 1988 film of the same name. The film stars Idina Menzel and Nia Long. The film premiered on Lifetime on January 21, 2017.




Premise


Two friends, one being a professional and the other a performer, maintain a long-lasting friendship through childhood, love, and tragedy.




Cast


Idina Menzel as CC Bloom
Gabriella Pizzolo as young CC Bloom
Nia Long as Hillary Whitney
Grace Capeless as young Hillary Whitney
Antonio Cupo as John Pierce
Barbara Beall as costume designer
Daniel Letto as Sorcerer actor
Colin Lawrence as Bryan
Sanai Victoria as Tory Whitney
Rebecca Husain as Pretty Sinners director
Graeme Duffy as Sorcerer composer
Kate Isaac as assistant district attorney
Jane Hancock as Ashley




Production


On July 28, 2016, the film was announced, with Idina Menzel joining the cast. On August 16, 2016, it was announced Nia Long had joined the cast. Principal photography began on August 15, 2016.




Reception


Beaches received negative reviews, with most critics assessing it as inferior to the 1988 original. Mike Hale of The New York Times pointed out the absurdity of remaking Beaches, itself a 1950s throwback which failed to update its themes to the decades in which the film is set. He added, "Stuffing the story into 70 percent of the time makes C. C. and Hillary's cycle of fights and reconciliations feel more arbitrary than ever, especially in the absence of [Bette] Midler, whose vivid portrayal of C. C. provided motivations that weren't in the script." Blake Meredith of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Any time a beloved movie or TV series gets a remake, knee-jerk purists howl about it 'ruining' the original. 'Beaches' [...] is the rare case of a remake that might actually do just that." She explained that by reducing the length to 90 minutes while otherwise staying faithful to the original film only serves to make the silliness of the original Beaches stand out more clearly, particularly noting how the shorter length forces most of the plot to be delivered through exposition. CNN Entertainment described it as tedious and dated, but said Menzel's singing is a highlight and makes the film arguably worth watching by Lifetime standards. The Boston Globe said it echoed the chief shortcoming of the original film, the lack of substantial basis for C.C. and Hillary's friendship. Reviewer Matthew Gilbert stated, "It's not so much that Menzel and Long are bad – they're consistently OK, if never better than that — but the story is too hollow for them to dig in. Singer-actress CC and lawyer Hillary meet as kids, become pen pals, room together, fall in love with the same guy ... and go through their expected friendship arc. None of it manages to work up much lather."




References






External links


Beaches at IMDb
Beaches at AllMovie

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