Many (predominantly white) critics weren't impressed with the movie Waiting to Exhale when it opened in 1995, but moviegoers turned up in droves, making it one of the year's most profitable blockbust… [+8974 chars]
30 years ago, 'Waiting to Exhale' was the blockbuster Hollywood didn't anticipate - NPR
The 1995 adaptation of Terry McMillan's novel celebrated the beauty of Black sisterhood.
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