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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sex-related material, language, some drug use and brief smoking
Starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Eva Mendes, Cloris Leachman, Candice Bergen, and Bette Midler
The Women is a comedy about contemporary womanhood and the power of female relationships. Based on George Cukor’s 1939 film and Clare Boothe Luce’s 1936 stage play, The Women whisks us into a busy pocket of Manhattan society, where the publishing, fashion and finance industries play. At the center of the tale is Mary Haines, a thoroughly modern woman suddenly confronted with an age-old dilemma: a cheating husband. The ladies in her life swiftly rally to Mary’s side, led by her best friend, Sylvie Fowler, a dynamic magazine editor. But when Sylvie betrays Mary in a Faustian bargain, the entire group is shaken to the core – and two women face the most painful breakup of all - their friendship. (Picturehouse)
| GENRE(S): | Comedy | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Clare Boothe Luce (play)
Anita Loos (1939 screenplay) Jane Murfin (1939 screenplay) Diane English |
| DIRECTED BY: | Diane English |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 16, 2008 Theatrical: September 12, 2008 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 114 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 4.1 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jennifer gave it a4:
If only I had read the reviews before seeing the movie. Debra, Meg, Annette, Jada, Candice Bergin, Carrie Fisher, Lynn Whitfield!!! How did all these women, successful actresses all sign up for this complete bomb. The trailer was way better than the movie and if you want to keep that feeling then don't see it. Should go straight to DVD. I'm sure it was intended but the movie came off silly and disjointed. It seemed to try so hard to be funny and at the same time tried to gather the best of all women filled shows and movies to make one great one but missed terribly. For example, Annette's character was very reminisent of Samantha Jones but not as good. There were a few heart warming moments provided by Mary's pre-teen daugther who seemed to be the only sensible, real character in the entire movie. Again, I understand it was suppose to be funny but it missed funny on the way to akward.
Chad S. gave it a3:
Mary Haines(Meg Ryan) is a good person. Just ask her; she'll tell you, like how she tells her roommate at a retreat for emotionally distraught women of privilege. For the record, Mary comes to the conclusion of her inherent goodness, because she recycles, and gives money to the homeless. Thankfully, Mary exercises discretion and stops short of mentioning that she's friends with a woman of color, who, not to toot her own horn, is also a lesbian. "The Women" needs Alex Fisher(Jada Pinkett-Smith); without her, Mary and her rich friends would be insufferable. Alex gives them depth. In this respect, "The Women" resembles the Republican National Convention whenever they trot out the occasional ethnically diverse speaker to make them look like an inclusionary party. By pure happenstance, though, which only proves there are no accidents, the film unwittingly reimagines these women if Alex wasn't part of their circle, when Mary snubs a Sachs' buyer's offer to launch her line of clothes in their flagship store. Maybe this self-described "good person" had second thoughts about having it all for the benefit of her daughter, who was last seen burning womanhood in effigy, by building a small bonfire with her tampons. This actually happens in "The Women". I'm not making it up. With some wishful thinking, the audience can theorize that Sylvia's resignation(Annette Benning) from her job as editor at a fashion magazine, is attributed to her seeing the harm that she inflicts, as a facilitator of glamour, on a kid such as Molly(India Ennenga), who has body image problems despite being on the thin side. She's just not supermodel-thin. If Mary's daughter hates her menstrual cycle that much, maybe Mary should be a good person, or more to the point, a good mother, and reconsider participation in an industry that encourages anorexia.
Cat gave it a1:
Only go if you're interested in seeing Bening's new facelift.
david` n gave it a5:
It was a great premise. Taking some great current talent and putting them in a comedy classic. Should have been rewritten by some gay men, or at least repeated word for word from the original.. If you haven't seen it, catch the original on dvd. It's timeless. How come the writers of Will and Grace weren't recruited for this one.
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