MOVIE · 1990

Postcards from the Edge

ComedyDrama101 min

After a drug overdose derails a film actress’s life, she is forced into rehab and then sent to live with her mother, a longtime show-business star whose need for attention fills every room. Trying to stay sober while getting back to work, she faces studio scrutiny, old habits, and a home life that turns every dinner into a fight about guilt, love, and performance. The mother-daughter bond keeps slipping between caretaking and competition, with both women using wit as often as they use honesty. Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine anchor a story that turns Hollywood survival and family resentment into the same daily battle.