MOVIE REVIEW

Louise, aka Lou, and Marilyn used to be the best of friends. They went through college together like the perfect yin and yang pair. Marilyn’s blonde bombshell pizzaz balanced Lou’s shy brilliance flawlessly.

Then those great pals moved into an apartment together after school and quickly met two other young women—Alice and Kitty—who had their own unique strengths and qualities. And just like that, where there were two wonderful friends, there were now four. The fabulous four.

They loved each other, celebrated one another’s victories, had each other’s backs. These young women were determined to be best friends forever.

And then … they weren’t.

Some forty-plus years later, the women have all gone their separate ways. Lou is now a respected surgeon. Kitty is a biologist turned marijuana-farming “earth mother.” Alice is a retired rock star still hanging on to her old sex, drugs and booze lifestyle. And Marilyn is a recent widow who’s addicted to TikTok.

Oh, and Marilyn is getting married again. And she wants her old friends to be there—even Lou, who has refused to speak to Marilyn in decades.

The betrayal that blew them all apart way back when was, well, way back when. So it’s high time that the former friends work things through. You know, bring back the fabulous.

Sure, it may take some definite hoop-jumping and a few well-turned lies to make it all happen. But fabulous friendship is worth it.