Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Associate' right now, here are some quick facts about the Interscope Communications, Universal Pictures, Hollywood Pictures comedy flick. The Associate starring Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly has a PG-13 rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 54 min. The release date of the movie is October 25th, 1996. The movie received a user score of 63/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 218 community users.
Want the short version of the plot? Here's the plot: "Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist."
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'The Associate' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on October 25th, 1996
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
July 20th, 1999
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