Beaches 2017 Remake Review

Hello everyone I was debating if I was going to post this review here or to my youtube channel. I decided to here as I have a lot to say. Last night premiered the remake of a classic movie Beaches. Remakes are usually never known as being as great as the original and this movie was no exception. I debated for awhile if I was even going to watch this remake, but I love Beaches so much I decided to keep an open mind and watch the movie....It was AWFUL!!!!

The remake starred:
Idina Menzel as CC Bloom

Nia Long as Hillary Whitney

Here I will tell you the things I liked about the movie and the things I did not like

Things I liked:

. Ive always been a fan of Idina Menzel. I thought she had had an amazing singing voice and her wardrobe was great it was very trendy and suited her well.

. I also like how they revealed things in this movie that they didn't in the original. Hillary at her fathers funeral, The fact that Hillary and her mother both died from cardio myopathy. It was really nice to see little things like that added in .



Now... The things I didn't like
. First one of the things I think of when I see or hear about Beaches is the song Under the Boardwalk. this movie did not have that song. In the original that song kind of set the tone for the whole movie in my opinion

. The children in the original were way better than the kids in the remake.

Mayim Bialik was terrific as a young CC Bloom she was so sassy and fun. When you watch these young actors in the original you kind of feel like they were a great fit and were always meant to be friends. The ones in the remake seems to so boring and you can tell they were acting. In the orginal when you watch the younger actors you forget that your watching a movie and you just are so intrigued and invested in the story.

The young actor who played a young Victoria Essex was awful she was so whiny she made me want to turn the movie off and walk away.

The Glory of Love number in the original says a lot about the friendship od CC and Hillary. Mayim was fantastic I constantly watch that scene on youtube. In this movie it seemed very awkward.

. The remake took away from the magic of the original. One of the things that was nice in the orginal was how CC and Hillary wrote letters to each other. It seemed more personal and at the end of the movie you saw that Hillary saved all those letters that CC and her wrote to each other

In this movie there communicating with each other via text. It seemed very impersonal like I mentioned how Hillary in the orginal saved the letters not many people save texts.

. When they saw each other for the first time in 10 years in the Original they really haven't seen each other for that many years. In the remake that ruined it because they could just Skype or facetime each other so it didn't feel the same.

. In the original CC was a struggling actor because of this she had a crappy apartment were a lot of the appliances didn't work. In the remake while the apartment was small it was actually a very nice apartment. It was very hard to believe that CC was a struggling actor.

. If you have seen the original you know CC and Hillary sing Christmas carols. I was so disappointed they didn't sing Adeste Fidles . I thought Barbara Hershey sang that beautifully. I did not think Nia Long had a great singing voice

. Although Beaches is a drama it had a lot of funy moments a few of those was in the orginal CC had a dog named Arthur or as CC would put it" useless bag of bones " it was hysterical her interactions with the dog it added a bit of humor to a serious movie. When I saw the remake I was like where on earth is Arthur?

. One of the other funnier scenes and personally one of my favorites is when Hillary is in labor.

In the original CC and Hillary are arguing as Hillary is wheeled to the delivery room. Even when she is about to give birth they are still arguing . CC actually faints before Hillary can give birth which shows how CC always took the spotlight away from Hillary.

In the remake CC almost misses it but it seemed like bad acting during this scene. If you were going to do anything different maybe show the birth. When Hillary was doing her breathing im like holy cow this is awful.


One small thing is when Hillary catches her husband cheating on her in the remake Hillary yells and kicks him out. In the original she simply says that's my robe.

. Aunt Vesta was replaced by an Au Pair

. We didn't get to see CC and her many jobs she had while she was a struggling actor.

. One of the biggest let downs was the ending. Those who have watched the original you know Hillary dies from cardio myopathy, but they were still completely different .

In the original as Hillary dies the sun sets and a horse runs toward the sun as it sets. to me that seemed very symbolic.

In the remake Hillary dies in CC's arms it kind of seems like the ending in " Miss You Already" which ironically enough the critics called that a modern Beaches.

One other thing is in the remake Victoria seemed oblivious to her mothers health issues. While in the original Victoria was very aware in fact she found her mom collapsed on the floor.

I suppose one of the biggest let downs was the Beaches after party. They kept advertising there would be a special guest. I kept thinking o please Bette or Barbara it has to be.... wrong!! it was just and actor Idina and Nia worked with in the remake. That special guest just as disappointing as this remake.



Overall I would not recommend this movie. I thought it was awful it was an insult to the original and Bette and Barbara's acting. Nia Long even said at the after party I know im not Barbara Hershey . Of course your not Barbara!!! Barbara was phenomenal in such a groundbreaking film. It seemed very desperate when Nia practically begged Barbara to message her about her approval on the movie or her thoughts about it.

My fear is that people will see this remake and think this is the real Beaches.

This is the real one:

It stars Bette Midler

 And Barbara Hershey

Watch the one from 1988 and you wont be disappointed I promise you. The original helped me in more ways than one can understand. Because of Bette and Barbara I was able to break through my shell and make a friend because I learned from the movie that its better to have one friend that will last a lifetime than a whole group that pretend to care . That my friends is the magic of Beaches 1988. What did I learn from the remake? simple DONT WATCH A REMAKE!!