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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 9073
Released: March 14, 2000 |
| Our Price: $4.70 |
| Used Price: $3.75 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Lauren (Shelley Long, THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE) is refinement, regimentation, and ballet slippers. Sandy (Bette Midler, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB) is brassy, bossy, and stiletto heels. They meet and it's hate at first sight. But these two opposites are shocked to discover a common bond: They share the same boyfriend -- a handsome schoolteacher (Peter Coyote, RANDOM HEARTS) who mysteriously and conveniently disappears. Mr. Right wronged them ... and when they decide to track the scoundrel down, they're thrown together in a cross-country pursuit for better or worse ... mosty for worse! Brilliantly cast and deviously written, this racy, riotous comedy provides sidesplitting laughs of outrageous proportions!
Description of Outrageous Fortune:
Sometimes a movie works despite all its faults. Outrageous Fortune has a flimsy, formulaic script, so-so production values, and an odd combination of stars, but somehow it's engaging and fun. Shelley Long and Bette Midler play two struggling actresses--one a hoity-toity priss and the other a brassy slob--who learn they've been sleeping with the same guy (Peter Coyote) when he gets blown up in a terrorist assault and they confront each other in the morgue. When they discover that he's still alive, the bickering pair track him down, traipsing across the U.S. in high heels, pursued all the way by government agents, using their dubious acting talents to get them out of tough situations. The absurd plot keeps things moving and director Arthur Hiller (Silver Streak, The Out of Towners) gets cheerful performances out of everyone, particularly the strong supporting cast--including Robert Prosky (Broadcast News, Mrs. Doubtfire) as a pompous acting teacher, comedian George Carlin as a burnt-out would-be Indian, and the underused John Schuck (M*A*S*H, McCabe & Mrs. Miller) as a long-suffering agent. Contrived, cliché-ridden, but just absurd enough to entertain. --Bret Fetzer
Outrageous Fortune Reviews:
A tour de force for Long and Midler 
2009-06-07 - A tightly written and fast-paced comedy where there are no throw-away moments. Every scene counts. Besides being very funny, this movie impressed me with its internal logic where everything that happens follows from what had occurred earlier in the movie - nothing is contrived. When you see it you will wonder why there wasn't a sequel. Long and Midler make a great pair. It's a female buddy action flick.
Great fun, a must-see! 
2009-02-10 - This isn't a lofty expression of great art or literature -- it's a thoroughly enjoyable, wonderfully fun experience. You'll find yourself quoting it when you least expect it. Bette Midler, "There-is-no-God!" and Shelly Long, "Nine years of ballet, *******!" Watch it, laugh your head off, and watch it again!
Great cast, great laughs.
2009-01-13 - This movie came out years ago and I am so happy it is on DVD. The storyline is lame honestly but the acting by Bette Midler, Shelley Long and George Carlin is not to be missed.
The laughs come easily and the developing friendship between Midler/Long is too funny for words. Carlin is at his best as an unwilling accompliance.
I recommend this movie for those who love to laugh without having to study the storyline too close.
Hilarious
2008-11-18 - what do you expect when you mix Middler with Long? great great funny story, about where love could lead you sometimes :) great commedy
Outrageous Fortune......
2008-03-24 - Bette Midler and Shelly Long in some of the most hillarious work of there careers. This is a long time favorite of mine. I would recommend this to any one who appreciates humor. It is perfect for curling up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn. I would give this movie four stars. It has Bette and Shelly all over it.
