The Mirror Has Two Faces

"A story about just how wrong two people can be before they can be right."

1996 2h 6m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 401

ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“A story about just how wrong two people can be before they can be right.”

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Cast

Barbra Streisand
Rose Morgan
Jeff Bridges
Gregory Larkin
Pierce Brosnan
Alex
Lauren Bacall
Hannah Morgan
Mimi Rogers
Claire
George Segal
Henry Fine
Brenda Vaccaro
Doris
Austin Pendleton
Barry

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Barbra Streisand
Writers: André Cayatte, Gérard Oury, Richard LaGravenese
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 98% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Barbra Streisand, shot by Dante Spinotti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Marvin Hamlisch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeff Werner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Barbra Streisand and Jeff Bridges and Pierce Brosnan carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A story about just how wrong two people can be before they can be right.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0117057 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Barbra Streisand directs. Dante Spinotti behind the camera. Marvin Hamlisch scores. Jeff Werner cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 98% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
230 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Barbra Streisand, shot by Dante Spinotti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Marvin Hamlisch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Jeff Werner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Barbra Streisand and Jeff Bridges and Pierce Brosnan carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A story about just how wrong two people can be before they can be right.".
8IMDB entry: tt0117057 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Original score: Marvin Hamlisch
Editing: Jeff Werner
Production design: Tom H. John
Costume design: Theoni V. Aldredge
Makeup / hair: Edouard F. Henriques III
Sound: Kevin O'Connell
Stunt coordinator: Vince Deadrick Jr.
Runtime: 126 min · 2h 6m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $42,000,000
Box office: $41,083,864
Return: 98% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

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CinemaSerf2023-12-25
★ 6/10
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.

Production companies

Who made it

TriStar Pictures
US
Phoenix Pictures
US
AR
Arnon Milchan Productions
BA
Barwood Films
US

Key crew

CastingBonnie Finnegan
CastingTodd M. Thaler
Costume DesignTheoni V. Aldredge
EditorJeff Werner
Production DesignTom H. John
Co-Executive ProducerRonald L. Schwary
Original StoryAndré Cayatte
Original StoryGérard Oury
Executive ProducerCis Corman
ProducerBarbra Streisand
ProducerArnon Milchan
ScreenstoryRichard LaGravenese
Location ManagerDeclan Baldwin
Production AccountantTamara Bally
First Assistant DirectorAmy Sayres
Stunt CoordinatorVince Deadrick Jr.
Second Assistant DirectorChristopher Swartout
Unit Production ManagerTony Mark
Theme Song PerformanceBarbra Streisand
Theme Song PerformanceBryan Adams
Production SupervisorSue Jett
Production SupervisorRay Quinlan
Art DirectionTeresa Carriker-Thayer
Set DecorationAlan Hicks

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

professor
wedding
woman director
columbia university

Release history · US

When it landed

Theatrical1996-11-15PG-13

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International titles

Güzgünün İki ÜzüAZ
Spogulis ar divām sejāmLV

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