THE ASSOCIATE
Whoopi
Goldberg, Dianne West, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth,
Lainie
Kazan, Austin Pendleton, George Martin, Eli Wallach
Hollywood
Pictures; Directed by Donald Petrie
Rated
PG-13; 114 minutes; 1996
Laurel Ayers (Whoopi Goldberg) is a
bright financial analyst with more brains than most of her male colleagues.
When she's passed over for a well-deserved promotion, Laurel decides the fairer
sex has played fair long enough. She decides to create the perception that
she's formed a partnership with a powerful financial whiz, and while the
speculators are musing about the identity of her enigmatic associate, comedy
and chaos collide when Laurel maneuvers a number of successful financial deals
and proves that men don't have a monopoly on creative enterprise.
REVIEWS
"Outrageously funny! A
Winner!"
— Paul Wunder, WBAI RADIO
"Whoopi wows Wall Street."
— Marise Nazzaro, E! ENTERTAINMENT
TELEVISION
"Whoopi Goldberg delivers a
hysterical performance!"
— Kathryn Kinley, WPIX-TV
"Dazzling! A must-see!"
— Ron Brewington, AMERICAN URBAN RADIO
NETWORKS
"Hilarious!"
— Bryon Allen, ENTERTAINERS
"A ‘Working Girl’ for the
90s!"
— Jeff Craig, SIXTY SECOND PREVIEW
"Fresh, funny and filled with
fun!"
— Susan Granger, CRN INTERNATIONAL &
AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS
"Whoopi Goldberg delivers a
hysterical performance!"
— Kathryn Kinley, WPIX-TV
"****! Wild, wacky
and wonderful!"