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62% Critic Match
The Associate
“Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way.”
6.2 / 10• 1996• 1h 54m•PG-13• English
Comedy
Storyline
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
Cast & Crew
Whoopi Goldberg
Laurel Ayres
Lead
Dianne Wiest
Sally Dugan
Eli Wallach
Donald Fallon
Tim Daly
Frank Peterson
Bebe Neuwirth
Camille Scott
Austin Pendleton
Aesop Franklin
Lainie Kazan
Cindy Mason
George Martin
Walter Manchester
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Donald Petrie's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Associate is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
