Desperately Seeking Susan
Roberta is desperate to be Susan. Susan is wanted by the mob. The mob finds Roberta instead...
6.1 / 10
104 minutes
1985-03-29
English
US
Actors :
Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalf, Anna Thomson, Will Patton, Steven Wright, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Hell, Rockets Redglare, Annie Golden, Richard Edson
Description
Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline "Desperately Seeking Susan" proposes a rendezvous. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into Susan's life.
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Reviews
TimtheGiant
6/23/2021, 3:58:28 PM
I always thought this was one of Madonna's best film performance yet.
Wuchak
6/23/2021, 3:58:34 PM
***Screwball drama in Manhattan with Rosanna Arquette and Madonna*** Roberta (Rosanna Arquette), a bored housewife in the New York City area, becomes obsessed with a wild child named Susan (Madonna) through the personal ads and inadvertently takes on her persona when she visits Manhattan. Unfortunately a hooligan is after Susan for priceless Egyptian earrings (Will Patton). Mark Blum plays Robe...