Not even bad in a good way

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I really wish more films like this Bette Midler/Lily Tomlin comedy were made. This movie has all the right things going for it. It has a perfect cast, every cast member fits his or her role perfectly. Midler plays both Sadie Shelton and Sadie Ratliff. Sadie Shelton is like a 1988 version of Miranda Priestly from The Devil wears Prada, even the scene where she enters the building for work is almost identical to the same scene in the 2006 Anne Hathaway movie. And Sadie Ratliff is a country girl from a small town called Jupiter Hollow, who aspires to live in a big city and go shopping and have all the finer things. On the flip side, Rose Shelton is Sadie Shelton's twin sister who hates the city and her job and wants a slower quieter life. Then of course Rose Ratliff is Sadie Ratliff's twin sister. Only they don't know that two of the twin sisters were switched at birth and that explains why Rose Shelton hates the city and why Sadie Ratliff wants to leave the country as quick as possible. The dynamic is played hilariously by both Tomlin and Midler, especially when they discover this shocking thing towards the end of the film. The writing is very funny and there is a generous amount of good lines for every cast member. I also thought Fred Ward was a great choice to play Roon, the man in love with Rose Ratliff. There's also a fantastic soundtrack to the movie. Ever heard the song Higher Love by Steve Winwood?? Well I can't hear that song without thinking of this movie. 10/10!

"Big Business" reminds me of some of the great comedy teams from Hollywood's Golden Age. A total laugh feast from start to finish this film strangely doesn't seem to have a high profile as comedies go however it is recommended viewing for anyone wanting a good old fashioned belly laugh and to see a comedy with probably the highest number of side splitting one liners in living memory. The premise of identical twins being mixed up at birth and meeting years later creating amusing complications is a tried and try formula for comedy however in "Big Business", it is given a new freshness by the two leads who literally fly away with the material here. It's got a really simple plot, In a small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. Then the story flashes forward to the 1980's where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths following a big business deal to close-down the Jupiter Hollow factory. The film is shot in New York.Overall, I had a great time revisiting the film. 'Big Business' is just as funny the first time I saw it. The film will certainly have plenty of critics, but the film was never meant to be taken seriously. The film is harmless fun and makes for a very funny experience even today. Built on a solid script the films hilarious humor performance delivery was spot on, special effects were flawless and the music sets the scenes perfectly, in this must revisited 1980's comedy classic.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

In a small town, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One pair to a poor local family and the other pair to a rich family passing through the small town . The nurse on duty mixes the twins by mistake unbeknown to the parents. Flash forward to the eighties, and the twins are about to cross paths following a business deal to close down a factory that has mutual connotations the both pairs of twins.....Its a Bette Midler vehicle for sure, and the back end of the eighties were just hit after hit for her. But the quality wasn't always there, and despite Midler and Tom,in being really good, it's not got the venom that her other films had, a really dark streak was needed in this.What we get is a running joke of the nice Tomlin/Midler talking to someone, and then the not so nice Tomlin/Midler talking to the same person, leaving the camera on said person looking highly confused.Its funny the first couple of times, but then the film begins to rely on that one joke.It's typically eighties fodder, high heels, big hair, and shoulder pads, featuring a brilliant song during the end credits.It would probably hold some nostalgia value to someone who saw it when it first came out, but for me, it's pretty average stuff.

The script. The Direction. The camp performance from both Tomlin & Midler is pure genius. Every inch of this film is delectable. Very few films are made like this anymore, and this was one of the last of the '80s of this genre - where the script and the direction was paramount. It's as fresh as when it was first released. Midler manages to be three character in this film, the City Saide, the Country Sadie, and then the Country Sadie pretending to be the City Sadie! Tomlin is subtle but wonderful as the neurotic City Rose and the feisty Country Rose, and is able to balance the act with panache. The dialogue is wonderful, and at every point of the film you think the characters are going to be caught out - the dialogue saves it for another time. You start rooting for the girls not to get caught, then realise, they're not doing anything wrong! It's Fate twisting itself in a knot the whole time.