Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Waiting to Exhale
This film centers around a goup of women who are spurned by their mates and decide to plot revenge against them. There is the ever-dramatic scene in which the women set a car on fire in the desert. This was the ultimate "girls-should-stick-together" movie, at least until Whitney Houston's longtime arch-rival, Vanessa Williams, starred in Soul Food.
--Teddy, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Waiting to Exhale
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- spurned lover goes for revenge
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Black
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
