#THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES MOVIE#

And although the Streisand character is articulate and intelligent inmost scenes, her intelligence level falters in the key scene intended toestablish it, as she lectures her Columbia lit students. Where is Streisand's family from? Streisand speaks with her usual NewYork accent, Bacall sounds mid-Atlantic, and Mimi Rogers sounds WASP as thesister.

#THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES MOVIE#

Transformation scenes are standard in the movies, but this onepays off in an unexpected way, leading to a payoff the movie works hard for,and earns. Gregory has left after theawkward sex showdown, but now he wants to come back, and she thinks maybe shecan seduce him. Itleads to a dependable movie cliché, in which Rose transforms herself throughexercise, wardrobe and makeup, into a beauty. “You were such a beautiful baby,” themother says, and Rose says, “Thanks for showing me this picture, mom.” It is agreat scene. Themother then produces a photo of a cute baby, which Streisand assumes is of hersister. Wesee a photograph of Bacall at about the age of 20, and we see Bacall now,beautiful in a different way, but old, and the daughter asks, “How did it feel?Being beautiful?” “It was wonderful,” her mother says, and we get the eerie andmagical sense that we are hearing Streisand and Bacall discussing this. It'srare, too, to find such verbal characters in a movie, and listening to themtalk is one of the pleasures of “The Mirror Has Two Faces.” There is awonderful scene in which Rose and her mother ( Lauren Bacall) discuss beauty. It's rare to find a film thatdeals intelligently with issues of sex and love, instead of just assuming thateveryone on the screen and in the audience shares the same popular cultureassumptions. Thescreenplay, by Richard LaGravenese, based on an earlier French film, is like aShaw play-”Pygmalion,” in fact, except that this Higgins has nothing to teachhis Eliza, and she has everything to teach him. So attracted that when he proposes marriageshe agrees to his terms: No sex, no physical affection, just “a meeting of twominds”-respect and friendship and none of that messy stuff to get in the way.This works for a while, until she gets carried away and puts on a sexynightgown, and he locks himself in the bathroom. She is amazed byhow much she is attracted to him. Desperate, he calls a phone sex line (for advice, not sex) andthat leads to his lonely-hearts ad and the big first date with Rose, at whichhe exclaims “beautiful!” as he looks at the sound waves on an oscilloscopewhile attending a concert. In anawkward and unconvincing early scene, he is giving a talk on mathematicaltheory when he spots his ex-wife in the audience, falters, blathers, and fleesfrom the stage. Schwary Executive Producer Stanley Brossette Unit Publicist Theoni V.Gregoryis the kind of man who believes he cannot function well if he's in love. Barbra Streisand Rose Morgan, Director, Producer, Songwriter Jeff Bridges Gregory Larkin Lauren Bacall Hannah Morgan Pierce Brosnan Alex Mimi Rogers Claire Elle MacPherson Candy George Segal Henry Fine Brenda Vaccaro Doris Austin Pendleton Barry Leslie Stefanson Sara Myers Barbra Streisand Rose Morgan, Director, Producer, Songwriter Amy Sayres First Assistant Director Andrzej Bartkowiak Cinematographer Ari Sloane Associate Producer Arnon Milchan Producer Barbra Streisand Rose Morgan, Director, Producer, Songwriter Barbra Streisand Rose Morgan, Director, Producer, Songwriter Bonnie Finnegan Casting Cis Corman Executive Producer Dante Spinotti Cinematographer Gérard Oury Screenwriter Jeff Werner Editor John Alan Hicks Set Designer Marvin Hamlisch Songwriter Richard LaGravenese Screenwriter Richard Quinlan Second Unit Director Of Photography Ronald L.

The mirror has two faces