Boys on the Side

Boys on the Side is a 1995 American comedydrama film directed by Herbert Ross in his final film as director before his death in 2001. It stars Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore and MaryLouise Parker as three friends on a crosscountry road trip. The screenplay was written by Don Roos.

Robin puts an ad in the newspaper that she is looking for a traveling companion to accompany her on a cross country trip to California. Jane answers the ad and agrees to join Robin after her car gets towed during their meeting. Jane and Robin leave New York and travel through Pittsburgh to take Janes friend Holly to lunch. They stumble across a knock outfight between Holly and her abusive boyfriend, Nick, over some missing drugs.They leave him there bound to a chair with tape after Holly hits him in the head with a bat to stop him from attacking Jane. Later, he frees himself from the chair, stumbles across the floor, falls and hits his head on the bat and dies. The three unlikely travelers then form a special friendship on their journey which sees them through ultimately tragic times. ........

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