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6.3Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
Released: 1996-10-25114 minDir: Donald PetrieComedyBudget: $23.0MBox office: $12.8M
Cast
- Whoopi Goldberg as Laurel Ayres
- Dianne Wiest as Sally Dugan
- Eli Wallach as Donald Fallon
- Tim Daly as Frank Peterson
- Bebe Neuwirth as Camille Scott
- Austin Pendleton as Aesop Franklin
Themes
- career
- fraud
- sexism
- wall street
- broker
- autonomy
- partner
- disguise
- gender disguise
- gender equality
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
9,431 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
28%
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG-13
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 916714
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- publication date
- 1997-04-17
- title
- The Associate
- box office
- 12844057
- review score
- 28%
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Categories
1990s feminist films1996 American films1996 comedy films1996 English-language films1996 filmsAfrican-American comedy filmsAmerican comedy filmsAmerican remakes of French filmsCross-dressing in American filmsEnglish-language comedy filmsFilms based on The Partner (Prieto novel)Films based on works by Jean-Claude CarrièreFilms directed by Donald PetrieFilms scored by Christopher TyngFilms set in New York CityFilms shot in New York CityHollywood Pictures filmsInterscope Communications filmsPolyGram Filmed Entertainment filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterTemplate film date with 1 release date