Postcards From the Edge

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.Postcards From the Edge featuring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine is streaming on Starz, streaming via tv everywhere with TCM, available for rent or purchase on iTunes, and 4 others. It's a comedy and drama movie with a better than average IMDb audience rating of 6.7 (16,334 votes).