Mrs. Winterbourne
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  • Starring: Brendan Fraser, Ricki Lake, Shirley MacLaine
  • Summary: This fast-paced comedy follows the story of eighteen-year-old Connie Doyle an expectant mother with no money and an uncertain future. In a screwball case of mistaken identity, a grieving Mrs. Winterbourne takes the girl to live with her in the stately Winterbourne mansion, believing she is the wife of her deceased son. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 8 out of 21
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    75
    Mrs. Winterbourne doesn't amount to much. But it's such a professional job, done with such glow and verve -- and the people making it seem to be having such an infectiously good time -- that it's hard to resist. Good comedies are easy to love anyway. [19 Apr 1996, p.C]
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  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Caroline Westbrook
    60
    It's all a little too coincidental for comfort, and surprisingly short on laughs for a comedy, but nonetheless this is a light, well-meaning flick, improved considerably by Lake's scatty heroine.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    50
    Happily, MacLaine (who can pull off these lovable eccentric dowagers while she's sleeping) and Fraser, showcasing a previously untapped flair for romantic comedy, keep Lake on her toes. [19 Apr 1996, p.1D]
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  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    38
    Somehow, Hollywood has managed to reinvent the hard-boiled source novel -- Cornel Woolrich's "I Married a Dead Man" -- as a soft-centered candy of a comedy, and the result is indigestible.

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  1. Cheryl
    8
    Why, oh why, do I like this movie? It's a a predictable, chick flick, cinderella story... but somehow it's charming and truly likable. The casting might have something to do with it. Shirley Maclaine is always awesome.… Expand

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