Movie
Waiting to Exhale
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1995-12-22
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Whitney Houston as Savannah
- Angela Bassett as Bernadine
- Loretta Devine as Gloria
- Lela Rochon as Robin
- Gregory Hines as Marvin
- Dennis Haysbert as Kenneth
- Mykelti Williamson as Troy
- Michael Beach as John, Sr.
- Leon as Russell
- Wendell Pierce as Michael
- Donald Faison as Tarik
- Jeffrey D. Sams as Lionel
Crew
- Forest Whitaker - Director
- Terry McMillan - Screenplay
- Ronald Bass - Screenplay
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