Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) Reviews & Ratings

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Desperately Seeking Susan reviews

Desperately Seeking Susan holds a 6.1/10 average from 538 TMDB ratings.

I always thought this was one of Madonna's best film performance yet.
— TimtheGiant (10/10)

***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 Roberta’s jerk husband and…
— Wuchak (6/10)

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

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