History YMMV / TheFirstWivesClub

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Dr. Leslie Rosen doesn't appear again after the reveal that Aaron has been sleeping with her, which is odd considering the other two younger rivals of the film are prominent secondary characters, and has committed the most obvious offense.

** Creator/TimothyOlyphant portrays a theater director looking to cast Elise in his play.

** Annie's matter-of-fact style of narration very strongly resembles the way Carrie Bradshaw narrates her life in ''Series/SexInTheCity''. Creator/SarahJessicaParker herself has a role in the film as Shelley.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

** Just under a decade prior, ALL of the four lead actresses (playing women who had been cheated on and dumped) were considered for the role of the ultimate "Other Woman"--Alex Forrest of ''Film/FatalAttraction''.

* HollywoodThin: Shelly. Brenda snidely comments that "the bulimia has certainly paid off" in reference to how slim she is. While she certainly is slim, she isn't unhealthily so.

** One of the husbands ends up with a mistress that turns out to be underage and he's horrified as he had no prior knowledge of her real age. Nearly twenty years later in real life, Stephen Collins, who played one of the other husbands, admitted to willingly molesting children decades prior.

** Aside from the fact that 40-something isn't considered that old these days, the cougar/MILF phenomenon of recent years means that nowadays, the older women would be considered just as sexy and desirable as the younger ones, if not ''more so''.

* TheWoobie: Cynthia.

** Billy Porter's version of "Love Is On The Way" is a beautiful and heartbreaking ballad available on the film's soundtrack.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JKSimmons portrays an FBI Agent that arrests Morty.

** The author of the novel, Olivia Goldsmith, died during a plastic surgery procedure. She died from the youth-loving and beauty-obsessed culture that she critiqued.

* ValuesDissonance: Brenda's comment towards Shelly about being bulimic is very crude and mean-spirited, as eating disorders are a serious issue that many girls and women go through, and are very hard to recover from (often leading to death).

** Aside from the fact that 40-something isn't considered that old these days, the cougar/MILF phenomenon of recent years means that nowadays, the older women would be considered just as sexy and desirable as the younger ones, if not ''moreso''.
* HollywoodPudgy: Brenda obsesses over her weight in several scenes and is taunted about it by her ex's new girlfriend, when she couldn't be anymore than a size 10 or 12. It's particularly glaring in one scene where's she's thrilled at finally losing some weight, yet looks precisely as she has throughout the movie.

* MemeticMutation: "I beat Meryl!" When Creator/JenniferLawrence quoted this after winning a Golden Globe over Meryl Streep, some people (including Creator/LindsayLohan) thought she was insulting the other actress; she had to explain the joke on a late night show. This is especially funny since Goldie Hawn [[ActorAllusion had previously starred]] with Meryl in ''Film/DeathBecomesHer''.

*** You also see them on their Graduation day, all optimistic. Elise was an ambitious starlet and experimenting with her hair and makeup. Brenda and Annie were much more enthusiastic and less insecure. Cynthia was so happy and the center of attention. The song "It's A Beautiful Morning" punctuates the joy of that day...only to cut to the present day with a lonely and depressed Cynthia.

** ALL of the four lead actresses (playing women who had been cheated on and dumped) were considered for the role of the ultimate "Other Woman"--Alex Forrest of ''Film/FatalAttraction''.

** The cougar/MILF phenomenon of recent years means that nowadays, the older women would be considered just as sexy and desirable as the younger ones, if not ''moreso''.

* ValuesDissonance: Brenda's comment towards Shelly about being bulimic is very crude and mean-spirited, as eating disorders are a serious issue that many girls and women go through, and it's very hard to recover from (often leading to death).

* ValuesDissonance: Brenda's comment towards Shelly about being bulimic is very crude and mean-spirited, as eating disorders are a serious issue that many girls and women go through, and it's often very hard to recover from (and usually leads to death).

* ValuesDissonance: Brenda's comment towards Shelly about being bulimic is very crude and mean-spirited, as eating disorders are a serious issue that many girls and women go through, that should never be joked about.
* ValuesResonance: Although initially shocked/in denial about her daughter coming out as a lesbian, Annie is then nothing but supportive of her, so much that she went to the gay club that Chris frequented to show her support. Moreso, not only did she bring Brenda and Elise with her, Brenda then consoles a woman who lost her partner to a younger woman (and later pretends to be dating Elise in order to get her out of the club), while Elise is ''thrilled'' about being called beautiful by one of the clubgoers.

* ValuesDissonance: Brenda's comment towards Shelly about being bulimic is very crude and mean-spirited, as eating disorders are a serious issue, that should never be joked about.

* ValuesDissonance: Brenda's comment towards Shelly about being bulimic is very crude and mean-spirited, as eating disorders are NOT okay to joke about.

* ValuesDIssonance: Brenda's comment towards Shelly about being bulimic is very crude and mean-spirited, as eating disorders are NOT okay to joke about.

* AwesomeMusic: "You Don't Own Me".

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ALL of the four lead actresses (playing women who had been cheated on and dumped) were considered for the role of the ultimate "Other Woman"--Alex Forrest of ''Film/FatalAttraction''.

* HilariousInHindsight: As of now, all the younger women are in their forties and even their fifties, the same age our dumped protagonists are.

* ValuesResonance: Although initially shocked/in denial about her daughter coming out as a lesbian, Annie is then nothing but supportive of her, so much that she went to the gay club that Chris frequented to show her suuport. Moreso, not only did she bring Brenda and Elise with her, Brenda then consoles a woman who lost her partner to a younger woman (and later pretends to be dating Elise in order to get her out of the club), while Elise is ''thrilled'' about being called beautiful by one of the clubgoers.

* MemeticMutation: "I beat Meryl!" When JenniferLawrence quoted this after winning a Golden Globe over Meryl Streep, some people (including Creator/LindsayLohan) thought she was insulting the other actress; she had to explain the joke on a late night show. This is especially funny since Goldie Hawn [[ActorAllusion had previously starred]] with Meryl in ''Film/DeathBecomesHer''.