Directed by Forest Whitaker   Written by Terry McMillan   Ronald Bass   Cast Whitney Houston ... Savannah Angela Bassett ... Bernadine Loretta Devine ... Gloria Lela Rochon ... Robin Gregory Hines ... Marvin Dennis Haysbert ... Kenneth Mykelti Williamson ... Troy Michael Beach ... John, Sr. Leon ... Russell Wendell Pierce ... Michael Donald Faison ... Tarik (as Donald Adeosun Faison) Jeffrey D. Sams ... Lionel Jazz Raycole ... Onika Brandon Hammond ... John, Jr. Kenya Moore ... Denise (as Kenya Moore) Lamont Johnson ... Joseph Wren T. Brown ... Minister Theo ... On Air D.J. Ken Love ... D.J. at the Hermosa Graham Galloway ... Fireman Starletta DuPois ... Savannah's Mother Shari L. Carpenter ... Savannah's Assistant Thomas R. Leander ... Interviewer Cordell Conway ... Group at Hermosa Table Lee Wells Jr. ... Group at Hermosa Table Hope Brown ... Group at Hermosa Table Delaina Hlavin ... Tarik's Girl Friend (as Delaina Mitchell) Luis Sharpe ... Herbert Joseph S. Myers ... Security Guard at John's Office Ezra Swerdlow ... Wild Bill Ellin La Var ... Hairdresser (as Ellin LaVar) Patricia Anne Fox ... Customer at Hair Salon Wally Bujack ... Judge Uncredited Cast Brenda Baldwin-Davis ... Shopping Mall Extra William Bolander ... Open Air Market Shopper / New Year's Eve Partier L. Scott Caldwell ... Bernadine's Lawyer Kacee DeMasi ... Musician Giancarlo Esposito ... David Matthews Wanda-Lee Evans ... Jane Millhouse Tom Hedrick ... Neighbor Donyell Hinton ... Church Patron Bob Huff ... Open Air Market Shopper Angela Kenzslowe ... Salon Client Kelly Preston ... Kathleen Jose Rosete ... New Year's Eve Partier Juliet Rose Serrato ... Hospital Visitor Wesley Snipes ... James Wheeler Produced by Ronald Bass   Caron K   Terry McMillan   Deborah Schindler   Ezra Swerdlow   Original Music by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds

Additional Info Premiere: December 22, 1995 DVD Release: March 06, 2001 Country: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (1995) (USA) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Celebrated Women of Color Film Collection Vol. 2) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1998) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,351 / 21,049 Site Ranking #4,347 Mine 9 (2019) #4,348 Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970) #4,349 Resurrection (2022) #4,350 Witchfinder General (1968) #4,351 Waiting To Exhale (1995) #4,352 Foodfight! (2012) #4,353 Brothers (2004) #4,354 Drive-Away Dolls (2024) #4,355 Celebrity Deathmatch: Season 4 (2001)