The Associate

"Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way."

Oct 25 1996 PG-13 1h 54m
Comedy

Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.

Plot

Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.

Written by

Jenaro Prieto, Jean-Claude Carrière, René Gainville

Directed by

Donald Petrie

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Hollywood Pictures, Universal Pictures, Interscope Communications

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
The Associate Theatrical Trailer (1996)
The Associate Movie Trailer 1996
The Associate - 1996 MOVIE TRAILER TV TRAILER Whoppi Goldberg
Scores
# of Votes
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Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
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