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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

PG-13 03/29/1985 (US) Drama, Comedy, Crime 1h 44m

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Every man is desperate to have her. One woman is desperate to be her. But someone is desperate to kill her. If they can figure out who she is.

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A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

Susan Seidelman

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Leora Barish

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Rosanna Arquette

Roberta Glass
Madonna

Susan
Aidan Quinn

Dez
Mark Blum

Gary Glass
Robert Joy

Jim
Laurie Metcalf

Leslie Glass
Anna Thomson

Crystal
Will Patton

Wayne Nolan
Steven Wright

Larry Stillman D.D.S.
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on February 23, 2020

Screwball drama in Manhattan with Rosanna Arquette and Madonna

Roberta (Rosanna Arquette), a bored housewife in the New York City area, becomes obsessed with a wild child named Susan (Madonna) through the personal ads and inadvertently takes on her persona when she visits Manhattan. Unfortunately a hooligan is after Susan for priceless Egyptian earrings (Will Patton). Mark Blum plays Roberta’s jerk husband and Aidan Quinn a new friend in the city.

“Desperately Seeking Susan” (1985) is a quirky drama revolving around mistaken identity in an unlikely story. It’s entertaining enough a... read the rest.

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