Despondent over the marriage of her ex-husband to a younger woman, a middle-aged divorcée plunges to her death from her penthouse. At the woman's funeral, her former college friends (Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton) reunite for the first time in nearly 30 years. When the three discover the reason for their friend's suicide, they realize that all of their ex-husbands have taken them for granted -- and deciding it's time for revenge, they make a pact to get back at their exes.The First Wives Club / Film synopsis

Hawn starred opposite Bette Midler and Diane Keaton in the film, based on Olivia Goldsmith's 1992 novel of the same name, which centered on three divorcées who make a pact to get back at their ex-husbands who left them for younger women.

Frankly, this movie was ahead of its time in 1996, and its female empowerment theme will always be timeless, along with the ending scene of the three women dancing and singing the lyrics to “You Don't Own Me” together, as one last show of their strength and independence before the credits roll.

Tracy Oliver Executive produced and written by Tracy Oliver, writer for the box office hit, “Girls Trip.” “First Wives Club” is predominantly written and directed by female filmmakers including: Jamie Babbit, Anu Valia, Ryan Case, Alison Brown, Leila Cohan-Miccio, Stella Meghie, Rachelle R.

The dialogue is often silly but Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, and Goldie Hawn deliver it with enough crackerjack energy to keep audiences laughing. Ultimately First Wives Club fails as a piece of feminist film-making just as miserably as it does as Hollywood entertainment.

I really like this film. Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, and Stockard Channing have been friends for years and all have something in common - cheating, flaky husbands. So far, so cliché. But the 'First Wives Club' is an inspired bit of fluff, fun, perceptive, and full of high spirits.

Michelle Young, Vivien Hobbs, and Janna Kremen founded the club following their divorces, as they believed that they unjustly suffered, as wish to help others avoid their fate, and change the system that let them down.

Kipa-Williams quit Home and Away and producers decided to kill-off his character. Ari is admitted to hospital with cancer of the appendix and he opts not to have surgery to remove the tumours, as he wants to die on his terms. Ari and Mia marry shortly before he dies. He made his final appearance on 15 March 2022.

It was about women - real women - standing up for themselves and each other. It was about unity and self-actualization, and also it was just a really good, funny movie.

Love is in the air -- along with top secret rescue missions, career chaos and friend group fights -- on the new season of First Wives Club, now streaming on BET+.

The First Wives Club is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson, based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Olivia Goldsmith. The film stars Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton as three divorcées who seek retribution on their ex-husbands for having left them for younger women.