Waiting to Exhale
Movie • 1995 • Comedy
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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.
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A woman slaps her ex-husband across the face (it happens as soon as she confronts him at work)
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There is an iconic scene where a car is lit on fire, though.
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One character says "most men are deaf" when she means that they don't listen. Another character calls someone "psychotic"
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A main character has her hair cut. Another of the main characters is a hairdresser, and a few scenes take place in her salon.
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One of the main characters has a date who takes her to a party where others are doing drugs. This main character feels uncomfortable in this setting and asks to be taken home after a few minutes. When they are in her home, her date minimizes her discomfort, saying that it wasn't so bad.
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A main character struggles with her weight
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A car is lit on fire, though. No one is in it.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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There is cheating throughout the story. Three of the four main characters have affairs with men that they know to be married, and some of the main characters are cheated on as well.
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One character has a wife who is dying of breast cancer. The wife is never shown, but her pain is mentioned.
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When a character is revealed to be gay, his son refers to him using the f-slur and calls him a queer.
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A main character tells her son that his father has come out as gay and the son spews out a few problematic slurs
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One of the main characters has sex with a coworker who is fat. Her internal monologue establishes that she is clearly disgusted by him and she jokes that he is "about a 38D."
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