Considering The First Wives Club earned $100 million in 1996, it’s remarkable how little people seem to discuss it. This episode, Phoenix Clouden of the Film Code Podcast helps us fix that. As the movie celebrates its 25th anniversary, now is the perfect time to celebrate the iconic performances from Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, and Diane Keaton.
Even as a child, Phoenix found himself drawn into the story of three women of a certain age contending with their duplicitous ex-husbands. We’ll discuss why The First Wives Club is so much deeper than it seems, which of the three leading ladies we relate to the most, and whether we’d want to see a sequel reuniting Hawn, Midler, and Keaton even now.
Join us as we officially call this meeting of The First Wives Club to order.
SYNOPSIS
Despondent over her ex-husband’s marriage to a younger woman, a middle-aged divorcée (Stockard Channing) plunges to her death. At her funeral, her former college friends (Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton) reunite. When they discover the reason for their friend’s suicide, they realize their ex-husbands have taken them for granted. Deciding it’s time for revenge, they make a pact to get back at their exes.