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- 1991
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 1991
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Summary An ambitious TV soap actress connives with her producer to scuttle the career of the show's long-time star, but nothing works as they plan.
Directed By: Michael Hoffman
Written By: Robert Harling, Andrew Bergman
- 1991
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 1991
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Soapdish
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7.2
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Summary An ambitious TV soap actress connives with her producer to scuttle the career of the show's long-time star, but nothing works as they plan.
Directed By: Michael Hoffman
Written By: Robert Harling, Andrew Bergman
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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32% Mixed
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5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
65
63% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
32% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
This laugh-out-loud comedy is set in the world of daytime television and is reminiscent of the sex farces that were popular in the early and mid-'60s -- except that Soapdish, unhampered by a desire to be perceived as sophisticated, is actually more sophisticated and much funnier than the movies that were around then. [31 May 1991, p.E1]
This broad farce about a group of soap-opera stars is played at a hysterical pitch, but there are some real chuckles amid the mayhem. [31 May 1991]
Soapdish runs on longer than necessary, and not every scene is as funny as one would like, but it's funny enough to recommend. [31 May 1991, p.C]
Soapdish, directed with good-natured zest by Michael Hoffman, has as serious a split-personality problem as any of its characters, perhaps because its screenplay is the work of Robert Harling (who wrote the story) and Andrew Bergman, two screenwriters with decidedly different comic sensibilities.
Soapdish is a spoof of soap operas, and the problem should be apparent from the start: It is very, very difficult to parody that which dwells already in the land of self-parody. [31 May 1991, p.G5]
Nothing succeeds like excess, this comedy would have us believe. But the thwarted egos, rampant libidos, and starry cast - while wonderful at first - begin to look frayed around half-way through.
Soapdish should have been a laugher. But this new spoof of TV soaps isn't nearly as funny as the real thing. Soapdish holds only the merest sliver of entertainment. [31 May 1991, p.28]
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Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
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