Desperately Seeking Susan (DVD, 2000)

I especially liked the simple innocence of the character who sought Susan, and the loose, care-free/free-spirited character of Susan. I am one who gets really involved with the characters of a movie. This fairy-tale/reality-like movie whisked my imagination off to another existence. I really felt like the bored wife and imagined what she felt and what it would be like to be someone else.
If you like to imagine yourself becoming someone else for a day or days and finding love and someone that loves and appreciates you for YOU, this is a good movie.
Like the wife who sought Susan, I sometimes feel bored with my life and not respected and taken for granted. At those times I like to look at movies or read books like this one where I can sometimes imagine I had a different life, and become someone else who seem to have it all together with more love, appreciation and respect.
In this movie, the bored wife by an accident found Susan, found love and found herself. If you like to imagine and like fair-tales, this is a fun movie to see. I highly recommend this adult fairytale.

This is Madonna's first film where she is mistaken as Susan. A case of Mistaken Identity! A good movie and funny. Nice item for your collection.

Rosanna Arquette and Madonna both play Susan in this clever, screwball comedy about mistaken identity. Madonna as Susan accidentally pilfers some ancient Nefertiti earrings while living with a mobster. Rosana Arquette as Roberta accidentally becomes Susan after a bump on the head. She is really a bored New Jersey housewife, who starts reading the personal ads in the newspaper to add some spice to her life. She ends up following a "Desperately Seeking Susan" ad and drives to see who the two lovers are. That is when she accidentally bumps her head in a motorscooter accident and becomes Susan.

Two things link the real Susan and the wannabe Susan. A hippie jacket with a pyramid on the back and the Nefertiti earrings. Both become the possessions of Roberta while she thinks that she is Susan. Roberta as Susan ends up finding true love with Dez, a film projectionist played by Aidan Quinn. But what about the mobster's killer (Will Patton), who wants the Nefertiti earrings back?

If you think that this is all confusing, you will, like me, become so fond of this movie that you will want to watch it at least twice. The script is so clever that you will try to find loopholes in it. But I can't find any. It is a comedy-release for us as well as for Roberta.

Acting kudos go to Mark Blum, as Roberta's husband Gary, who is aghast at his wife's disappearance. He is a hot tub business proprietor who is totally engrossed in his business, which leads to Roberta's boredom. Special acting kudos go to Laurie Metcalf (who later became Roseanne's TV sister on that show). In this movie, she plays Gary's sister, who jumps to all kinds of conclusions about Roberta possibly being a lesbian or a prostitute.

This was Madonna's first movie and probably her best effort. Her best-selling song "Get Into the Groove" is sung in the background during the movie, and Madonna is very good as the drifter Susan, who can never be pinned down. Rosanna Arquette is especially good too as Roberta/Susan. She has the most footage in the movie, but I think that Madonna shines brighter--just a little.

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I was a teenager when this movie and Madonna first burst onto the scene. The film also stars a young Aidan Quinn and Rosanna Arquette. Watching it again, years later, was fun and brought back fond memories of the time. This movie is not meant to be an Academy Award winner, it is just plain FUN! Buy it and enjoy the 80's all over again!

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I love this movie - I've watched it many times. It's entertaining. Madonna is actually a good actress in this movie. I owed it on video and found it at half.com on DVD, still in the shrink wrap. If you like a movie where you don't have to think, this is a great choice.

Desperately Seeking Susan is a great movie. There's isn't a dull moment. Great acting, great music. And it's got Madonna in it. Go on and buy it. You won't be disappointed.

This is a good movie...I usually don't like Madonna movies..I only know of two this one and "Who's That Girl" that I enjoy..Madonna stars as Susan a beautiful and feisty vagabond who travels around the US stealing to make her way..when she accidently steals some already stolen museum artifacts from her latest one nighter she goes to her Boyfriend (or he'd like to be) for help..then in steps bored housewife Roberta Glass that's where the fun begins..this is Madonnas first movie and proves the Girl can act...Rosanna Arquette is hilarious as Madonnas counterpart..bit of trivia: did you know the song "Rosanna" by Toto was written for Miss Arquette?..the lead singer went to school with her and had a major crush on her..he wrote this song in honor of her beauty..cool huh?

Though the story line has been done so many times it's a great film. I'd seen this several times as a teenager and still think of it the same way. This movie really has less to do with Madonna and more to do with Rosanna Arquette.

It's hard to imagine anybody not coming across this film but if you haven't it starts out with Roseanna Arquette who plays Roberta Glass, a bored New Jersey housewife, who constantly follows the on-going relationship of Jim and Susan. One day, Roberta decides that she would really like to meet Susan, so she places an add in the paper, telling Susan to meet Roberta at Battery Park in New York City. Susan (played by Madonna) shows up, but is arrested because of cab fair. Roberta is being harassed by some lunatic. After a bump on the head and a bout of amnesia, turns Roberta into Susan. Susan's boyfriend Jim (played by Robert Joy) asks his best friend Dez (played by Aiden Quinn) finds Roberta, but thinks she is Susan. The two become lovers.

It's not all that great of a storyline, but the characters are charming enough and the music, of course, is '80's perfect. This film captures perhaps better than any other New York & general American pop culture of the early-to-mid-1980s. Madonna is at her best/(worst?) here, and we get a full helping of the clothes, hair, quirky characters, and great pop music of the era. The supporting actors are great, including Laurie Metcalf as Roberta's uptight sister-in-law and John Turturro as a sleazy night club host. The acting is understated and not over the top- including Madonna, who just seemed to be reading her lines very carefully, but to good effect. Susan Seidelman did an excellent job at directing, too bad she has not done much more! The settings are used to great effect as well, giving you a taste of the exciting East Village and it's suburban opposite Fort Lee, NJ.

This great 80's flick will include running audio commentary by the director as well as deleted scenes and an alternate ending, which to me wasn't all that great. Keep your expectations low and you'll have a good time with this one.

Madonna did the best acting she could. She was in her element in this movie. To bad she left it behind. Her music still rocks but lacks the dance groove it did.

el dvd me gusto mucho y lo recomiendo, esta bien grabado y tiene muy buen sonido, disculpen si no lopuedo explicar en ingles pero lo escribo muy poco.
lo que puedo decir en ingles es lo sihhuiente: i like and love the dvd, I'd recommend Desperately Seeking Susan.