Waiting to Exhale
Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.
6.3(208) 1995-12-22 127 minComedyDramaRomance
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
ScreenplayTerry McMillan
ProducerEzra Swerdlow
ScreenplayRonald Bass
Original Music ComposerBabyface
DirectorForest Whitaker
ProducerDeborah Schindler
Cast & characters
Whitney Houston
as Savannah
Angela Bassett
as Bernadine
Loretta Devine
as Gloria
Lela Rochon
as Robin
Gregory Hines
as Marvin
Dennis Haysbert
as Kenneth
Mykelti Williamson
as Troy
Michael Beach
as John, Sr.
Leon
as Russell
Wendell Pierce
as Michael
Donald Faison
as Tarik
Jeffrey D. Sams
as Lionel
Jazz Raycole
as Onika
Brandon Hammond
as John, Jr.
Kenya Moore
as Denise
Lamont Johnson
as Joseph
Wren T. Brown
as Minister
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Theo
as On Air D.J.
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Ken Love
as DJ at the Hermosa
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Graham Galloway
as Fireman
Starletta DuPois
as Savannah's Mother
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Shari L. Carpenter
as Savannah's Assistant
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Thomas R. Leander
as Interviewer
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Cordell Conway
as Group at Hermosa Table
