TimtheGiant
I always thought this was one of Madonna's best film performance yet.
Desperately Seeking Susan
- Drama
- Comedy
- Crime
3/29/1985
104
PG-13
Roberta is desperate to be Susan. Susan is wanted by the mob. The mob finds Roberta instead...
Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline "Desperately Seeking Susan" proposes a rendezvous. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into Susan's life.
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- Revenue:
- $27,399,597
- Budget:
- $4,500,000
Videos
Cast
Rosanna ArquetteRoberta Glass- MadonnaSusan
Aidan QuinnDez- Mark BlumGary Glass
- Robert JoyJim
- Laurie MetcalfLeslie Glass
- Anna ThomsonCrystal
- Will PattonWayne Nolan
- Steven WrightLarry Stillman D.D.S.
- John TurturroRay
- Giancarlo EspositoStreet Vendor
- Richard HellBruce Meeker
- Rockets RedglareTaxi Driver
- Annie GoldenBand Singer
- Richard EdsonMan With Newspapers
- Ann MagnusonCigarette Girl
Reviews
Wuchak
Screwball drama in Manhattan with Rosanna Arquette and Madonna
Roberta (Rosanna Arquette), a bored housewife in the New York City area, becomes obsessed with a wild child named Susan (Madonna) through the personal ads and inadvertently takes on her persona when she visits Manhattan. Unfortunately a hooligan is after Susan for priceless Egyptian earrings (Will Patton). Mark Blum plays Robertas jerk husband and Aidan Quinn a new friend in the city.
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) is a quirky drama revolving around mistaken identity in an unlikely story. Its entertaining enough and also works as a window into mid-80s New York City. How much a viewer will appreciate it depends on how smitten (or not smitten) they are with Arquette...