The Associate (1997)

Hollywood clearly doesn't know what to do with Whoopi Goldberg. And neither does she. Ms Goldberg can be a brilliant straight actress (see The Color Purple) and can carry a comedy when she really tries (we offer Sister Act, your honour), but recently she's landed herself with more dodgy vehicles than a Peckham car dealer. Now, cold on the heels of Eddie comes the equally hopeless The Associate - - a cross between Dustin Hoffman's Tootsie and Lenny Henry's True Identity. A remake of French film L'Associé (1982), The Associate gives us a fairly promising set-up - - sassy Whoopi as a white investment advisor giving Wall Street what for - - but fumbles the ball every chance it gets.

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