After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.
Acting
Goldberg, Parker, Barrymore—chemistry that feels lived-in, not performed.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like women talking, not men writing women.
Score
Soundtrack of Bonnie Raitt and Melissa Etheridge—pure 90s lesbian excellence.
Director
Herbert Ross
Whoopi Goldberg
Jane Deluca
Mary-Louise Parker
Robin
Drew Barrymore
Holly Pulchik-Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey
Abe Lincoln
James Remar
Alex
Billy Wirth
Nick
Anita Gillette
Elaine
Dennis Boutsikaris
Massarelli
Estelle Parsons
Louise
Amy Aquino
Anna
Stan Egi
Henry
Stephen Gevedon
Johnny Figgis/Jane's Band
Amy Ray
Indigo Girl
Emily Saliers
Indigo Girl
Jude Ciccolella
Jerry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released at peak AIDS crisis visibility, it's one of few 90s studio films centering queer women without punishing them for it.
Drew Barrymore improvised most of Holly's chaotic energy; the 'killing him felt great' line was her ad-lib. Director Herbert Ross kept it.
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