Boys on the Side
Feb 03 1995
•2h 55m
•Comedy, Drama
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.
Cast
See all
Whoopi Goldberg
Jane Deluca
Mary-Louise Parker
Robin
Drew Barrymore
Holly Pulchik-Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey
Abe Lincoln
Recommendations
See all
Heavy
Victor is a cook who works in a greasy roadside restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college dropout, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.
Homicide
A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.
Bees Make Honey
A widow hosts a gathering for her high-society friends in an attempt to help solve her husband's murder.
Virgin Mary
In 1981 in Medjugorje (BA), a group of kids claim that Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hill. The local priest believes them and spreads the word. Religious tourism blossoms. The communist government is concerned and arrests the priest.