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The Mirror Has Two Faces

The Mirror Has Two Faces

  • Status: Released
  • 15-11-1996
  • Runtime: 126 min
  • Score: 6.725
  • Vote count: 345

Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect.

Barbra Streisand

Rose Morgan

Jeff Bridges

Gregory Larkin

Lauren Bacall

Hannah Morgan

George Segal

Henry Fine

Mimi Rogers

Claire

Pierce Brosnan

Alex

Brenda Vaccaro

Doris

Austin Pendleton

Barry

Elle Macpherson

Candy

Ali Marsh

First Girl Student

Leslie Stefanson

Sara Myers

Taina Elg

Female Professor

Lucy Avery Brooks

Felicia

Amber Smith

Felicia (Video)

David Kinzie

Claire's Masseur

Howard S. Herman

Rabbi

Thomas Hartman

Reverend

Trevor Ristow

Trevor

Brian Schwary

Mike (Student)

Randy Pearlstein

Randy (Student)

Stacie Sumter

Stacie (Student)

Cindy Guyer

Taxi Stealer

Thomas Saccio

Taxi Driver

Andrew Parks

Waiter

Jimmy Baio

Jimmy the Waiter

Emma Fann

Henry's First Date

Laura Bailey

Henry's Second Date

Mike Hodge

Justice of the Peace

Anne O'Sullivan

Gloria

Sandi Schroeder

Female Student

Kiyoko M. Hairston

Female Student

Ben Weber

Male Student

Christopher Keyes

Male Student

Lisa Wheeler

Female Aerobic Instructor

Kirk Moore

Male Aerobic Instructor

Regina Viotto

Make-Up Artist

Paul LaBreque

Hair Colorist

Rudy Ruggiero

Waiter

William Cain

Mr. Jenkins

Adam LeFevre

Doorman

JoAn Mollison

Irate Woman

Carlo Scibelli

Opera Man

Eli Roth

Male Student

Milla Jovovich

Girl in Commercial (uncredited)

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It takes it's time to get going this, but once we've met the characters and it gets into it's swing, its quite an amiable showcase for the star. "Gregory" (Jeff Bridges) is a rather dry university professor who's looking for a distinctly platonic form of female companionship. He places an add and amongst the responses is one from "Rose" (Barbra Streisand). Thing is, she didn't volunteer for this - her recently married sister "Claire" (Mimi Rogers) nominated her... Anyway, the two meet and rather surprisingly they click. A few rather rushed escapades later and it's clear that the two are falling in love - despite the obvious scepticism of her mother "Hannah" (Lauren Bacall) - and that "Rose" is now ready to takes things to a next level that "Gregory" is scared silly of... Meantime, her sister and husband "Alex" (Pierce Brosnan), upon whom "Rose" has always had a bit of a crush, are having difficulties and with "Gregory" playing his hand particularly badly, well - might "Rose" stray? The last forty minutes or so are well paced with some pithy dialogue and as "Rose" finds her true personality the characterisations begin to come alive a little better. There are a couple of fun scenes with the all too sparingly used Bacall and Streisand sabre-rattling and the rest of it, well I reckon there are some clear parallels with "What's Up Doc?" (1972) as the story heads to an increasingly predicable denouement. It's quite watchable, but you'll probably never remember it or the duet with Bryan Adams at the end.