It stars Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker and Drew Barrymore, as three friends on a cross-country road trip.

Jane, a musician who recently broke-up with her girlfriend and her band, decides to move from New York City to Los Angeles.

She answers a newspaper ad for a co-driver to Los Angeles posted by Robin, a real estate agent who is also moving to California.

Robin’s health improves, Jane gets a job singing in a bar and Holly falls in love with a local police officer named Abe Lincoln.

In the final scene, Robin has died from AIDS, Holly and Abe plan to stay in Arizona and raise a family and Jane hits the road to seek a new life in Los Angeles.

The website's consensus reads: "Pack your bags and leave them Boys on the Side to experience the kind of sisterhood that makes you laugh and cry through the bumpy, quirky road of life.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars, writing:The reviews for Boys on the Side will mention Fried Green Tomatoes and Thelma and Louise, because it shares their assorted themes: female bonding, unexpressed love, women on the run.

[6][2] The film's soundtrack album consists entirely of contributions from female musicians, including Melissa Etheridge ("I Take You With Me"), Joan Armatrading ("Willow") and the Indigo Girls ("Power of Two").

Hit singles by Annie Lennox ("Why") and The Cranberries ("Dreams") also appear, as are new recordings by Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders, and others.

Bonnie Raitt's cover of the Roy Orbison hit "You Got It" peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.