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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 01/20/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 6 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 9 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Melodrama See Also: The Mirror Has Two Faces [Fullscreen]

In this romantic comedy-drama, a couple learns that the relationship between the mind and the body can take many different forms. Rose Morgan (Barbra Streisand) is a plain and pudgy middle-aged college English professor who shares a house with her mother, Hannah (Lauren Bacall). Rose got the brains in her family, but her sister Claire (Mimi Rogers) got the good looks, and as Claire prepares for her wedding to Alex (Pierce Brosnon), Rose can't help but despair over the blank page that is her love life, especially since she's long had a crush on Alex. Gregory Larkin (Jeff Bridges) teaches mathematics at the same school as Rose, and he has come to the conclusion that sex serves no purpose but to complicate relationships between men and women; after a series of disastrous romantic affairs, Gregory is looking for an intellectual relationship with a woman -- and nothing more. One day, Gregory passes by Rose's lecture hall as she discusses the role of chaste love in literature, and he's intrigued; he takes her out on a date and is impressed by Rose's quick wit and broad range of knowledge. Gregory is so taken with Rose that he proposes marriage, but under the condition that theirs be strictly a meeting of the minds, without sexual relations. While Rose is very much attracted to the handsome mathematician, the prospect of spending the rest of her life either alone or with Hannah seems far worse than a marriage without passion, and she agrees to his proposal. However, Rose's affection for Gregory makes it difficult for her to stop with a handshake, and one night she puts on her best nightgown and attempts to seduce her husband, much to Gregory's annoyance and confusion. Gregory leaves on a lecture tour shortly afterward, and after Hannah reassures a heartbroken Rose that she was beautiful as a child, Rose goes on a crash course in self improvement. She goes on a diet, starts working out, changes her hairstyle, learns a few makeup tricks, and revamps her wardrobe, and by the time Gregory returns, he discovers that there's a very different woman in the twin bed next to his own. The Mirror Has Two Faces, based on the 1958 French comedy Le Miror a Deux Faces, was Barbra Streisand's third project as a director; she also served as co-producer and helped compose the film's theme song, "I Finally Found Someone." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Barbra Streisand - Rose Morgan
Jeff Bridges - Gregory Larkin
Lauren Bacall - Hannah Morgan
Pierce Brosnan - Alex
Mimi Rogers - Claire
Elle MacPherson - Candy
George Segal - Henry Fine

Barbra Streisand's Academy award-nominated romantic comedy The Mirror Has Two Faces comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The disc contains a closed-captioned English soundtrack rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, as well as Spanish, French, and a second English soundtrack recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. Korean and Spanish subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, not even a theatrical trailer. This Columbia/TriStar release does a great job of presenting the film, but offers nothing else to the viewer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide