Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.
| Directing | Mike Nichols | Director |
| Writing | Carrie Fisher | Novel |
| Camera | Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sam O'Steen | Editor |
| Production | John Calley | Producer |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Production | Robert Greenhut | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ellen Lewis | Casting |
| Production | Neil A. Machlis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Susan MacNair | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Carly Simon | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mike Nichols | Producer |
| Art | Patrizia von Brandenstein | Production Design |
| Sound | Stan Bochner | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Carrie Fisher | Screenplay |
| Art | Kandy Stern | Art Direction |
| Art | Chris Butler | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynda Gurasich | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | J. Roy Helland | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cheri Minns | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Cannom | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Neil A. Machlis | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Chantal Feghali | Post Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Michael Haley | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nathalie Vadim | Second Assistant Director |
