![]() Yet, as his unflinching adherence to his belief structure, one which he thinks will ideally lead to the perfect marriage, cripples their relationship, he haplessly misses all the clues that suggest perhaps he is falling in love and that his relationship with Streisand’s Rose could be more than he expected.Īs director, Streisand gets a bit obvious with her references to old movie romances, touching on It Happened One Night on at least two separate occasions. An opportunity to live a romance-less relationship with an idealistic mathematics teacher (Jeff Bridges) gives her an opportunity to coax the beast out of its shell. ![]() Streisand plays a frumpy philosophy teacher who wants more out of life, but cannot seem to find it. It’s surprising the film was as maligned as it was considering it’s a lot better than what’s been produced in recent years. Director Barbara Streisand’s third stint behind the camera doesn’t idly mimic the traditions of the medium, she does so with purpose and finesse. This is an unconventional romantic comedy that toyed with conventional archetypes and forged a different path through the overused clichés and tropes famous in the genre. Looking back at 1996, I can see why many people didn’t like The Mirror Has Two Faces. The Mirror Has Two Faces was a loose remake of 1958 French drama Le Miroir à deux faces adapted by The Fisher King screenwriter Richard LaGravanese. In her third directorial effort, singer and actress Barbra Streisand delivered a conventional, yet somewhat atypical romantic comedy and, for the third of these efforts, also starred in the film.
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