Boys on the Side

About Boys on the Side

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship.

Boys on the Side is a 1995 comedy film directed by Herbert Ross. The film is filed under lesbian, homophobia, domestic violence, and roommates.

Whoopi Goldberg appears as Jane Deluca, Mary-Louise Parker as Robin, Drew Barrymore as Holly Pulchik-Lincoln, and Matthew McConaughey as Abe Lincoln. It runs 115 minutes and was released in February 1995.

The screenplay is by Don Roos. It was produced by Alcor Films and Le Studio Canal+. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Rough Night, and Sex Drive make useful companions to Boys on the Side, all filed under escape, friendship, and road trip. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 272 votes and it carries a R rating.