
Cinematic Complimentsīette Midler and Lily Tomlin are excellent at playing dual personalities. They deduce how they were probably switched at birth by a bumbling old nurse at the Juniper Hollow hospital where the four women were born.ĭespite Sadie Shelton’s objections, the furniture company is saved, and the film ends with a mix match of the characters finding their own happiness. Even Moramax executive Graham Sherbourne (Edward Hermann) has trouble telling the women apart.Ī stop at the bathroom before entering the shareholders meeting brings the two groups of sisters together. Jay Marshall (Michael Gross) no one can tell which Sadie and Rose is which. From the Plaza Hotel manager, Rose Ratliff’s boyfriend Roone (Fred Ward), and Rose Shelton’s boyfriend Dr. When the Ratliff’s arrive in New York a combination of mistaken identity, and a lack of knowledge about the circumstances of their birth causes the two sets of twins to have varied experiences in the city. Planning to crash the Moramax shareholders meeting in New York City, Rose convinces Sadie to join her on the journey.


Rose is looking to save the local furniture company, while Sadie just wants to get out of rural life. Sadie and Rose Ratliff (Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin) are sisters from Juniper Hollow. Sadie plans to sell the company off at the forthcoming Moramax shareholders meeting. When Moramax is looking to offload the furniture company their father acquired at the time of their birth in Juniper Hollow, neither think much of the company or the consequences of their actions. Rose is less business savvy and is out of touch with the needs of the company. Sadie is the CEO and ruthless in gaining profit for their company. Sadie and Rose Shelton (Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin) are both working at their family company Moramax. Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin bring the laughs in this classic comedy of mistaken identity. Bette Midler & Lily Tomlin in Big BusinessĮveryone loves a twin mix up comedy, and in 1988, Touchstone Pictures delivered on this very reliable plotline with a double dose of twins in Big Business.
