Never saw this before! Can't believe it. Anything with Bette Midler milking a cow whilst singing is an instant classic. Sit back, let yourself go and enjoy the ride.Fabulous:)

"Big Business" had received very mixed reviews upon its release. Perhaps the critics did not anticipate how lousy many mainstream comedies would get as the decades went on. The film is so well executed in plot, comic timing, performances and visuals. Bette Midler actually should have won the Oscar for Best Actress for "Big Business," but the Academy never takes comic roles seriously when it comes to such an honor. Midler's energy and her comedy are expert in "Big Business." The movie is entirely charming and consistently entertaining. Supporting roles are terrifically performed. The comedy and the satire has endured. There are few mainstream movies as underrated as "Big Business."

I love this movie. It's joyful and funny and always makes me laugh. The supporting male characters are perfect. They're the comic foil for the four ladies and their confusion over mistaken identities is priceless. One of the funniest scenes is near the end, when the four men are waiting in the hotel lobby for the sisters to finish their board meeting. Each sister walks out of the hotel with the guy who seems best suited for her! And the other characters---limousine driver, bellhops, desk clerks, office employees---are also funny. Even the homeless guy is hilarious as he keeps seeing "doubles" of Sadie and Rose walk in and out of the hotel. This is the best comedy that Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin ever did. It's a wonderful 1980's film....you don't see these kind of movies made nowadays.

The 1988 film "Big Business," directed by Jim Abrahams, stars two well-known actresses, Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, who both play duel roles of twins mixed up at birth in the 1940s. The names chosen for both sets of twins were Rose and Sadie. The Shelton twins were born to a wealthy couple from New York; the Ratliff twins are from a low-income family that lived in Jupiter Hollow. One of the Shelton twins was given to the Ratliff family and vice-versa. Jump forty plus years to the 1980s. The Shelton twins inherited their father's corporation Moramax in New York City, and the Ratliff twins work at the Hollow-Made Factory in Jupiter Hollow, the town in which they were born. Moramax is planning to shut down the factory and to strip-mine Jupiter Hollow. The Ratliff's come to New York City to save the factory and town from the Shelton's corporation. Both the Ratliff's and Shelton's stay in the Plaza Hotel in NYC, not knowing their real twins were also there. They end up meeting each other right before Moramax's big meeting, and Rose Shelton agrees with Sadie and Rose Ratliff to save the factory and Jupiter Hollow. "Big Business" presents two central ideas. One idea is that two sets of twins can be born on the same night in the same hospital can be switched at birth and can meet one another later in life. Another idea would be that the "big guy" doesn't always win. The "big guy" in this movie would be the Moramax corporation and the "little guy" would be the Hollow-Made Factory. I say this because at the end of the movie the Ratliff's end up saving their town and factory from the Shelton's large corporation. I thought that this movie was hilarious; it receives five stars. I watch this movie over and over and never seem to get tired of it. I loved how both Midler and Tomlin play two completely opposite roles, redneck and snobbish. The southern accents (in my opinion) were excellent. This movie is similar to the "Green Acres" television show, only the rednecks end up in New York City. I wish that the director would make a sequel to see how Jupiter Hollow, the factory, and Moramax are doing.