Name: Big Business
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1988-06-10
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann, Michele Placido

1988·Comedy·1h 37m

6.9

★

In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.

Directed by Jim Abrahams

mistake in person

teacher

wealth

twins

comedy of errors

rich woman

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Cast

Bette Midler

Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton

Lily Tomlin

Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton

Fred Ward

Roone Dimmick

Edward Herrmann

Graham Sherbourne

Michele Placido

Fabio Alberici

Daniel Gerroll

Chuck

Barry Primus

Michael

Michael Gross

Dr. Jay Marshall

Deborah Rush

Binky Shelton

Nicolas Coster

Hunt Shelton

Patricia Gaul

Iona Ratliff

J.C. Quinn

Garth Ratliff

Crew

Jim Abrahams

Director

Lee Holdridge

Original Music Composer

Dean Cundey

Director of Photography

Steve Tisch

Producer

Paul E. Short

Stunts

Michael Kaplan

Costume Design

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play

Mark Twain

Novel

Aesop

Short Story

Popular Reviews

128 reviews

brunettegsundae

7.0★ · 10/22/25

I just love the way they take so long to see each other, and how they just match with each other, it’s so funny
And we can all agree how cute Roone are??? I want a man who’d come to New York without even booking a hotel, just to see me as fast as he could

Victoria

10.0★ · 01/17/26

fave

Victoria

10.0★ · 05/27/25

It’s for certain, this is a masterpiece.

Victoria

10.0★ · 04/22/25

This might be a masterpiece.

Victoria

8.0★ · 04/03/25

I loved this so so much, and Lily Tomlin makes it even better.And i’m not going to lie, i had a harder time telling the men apart, than both sets of the twins.