# The Associate (1996)

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**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Comedy
**Directed by**: Donald Petrie
**Written by**: Nick Thiel
**Starring**: Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Austin Pendleton

> *Behind every great man is a woman... Wishing he'd get the hell out of her way.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Laurel Ayres runs a one woman show. She leaves her investment firm to start her own. Her fictional male partner becomes a hilarious hurdle.

**Mood tags**: playful, uplifting

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