June 23, 2011
Really, really crap!
Meg Ryan,
Annette Bening,
Eva Mendes,
Debra Messing,
Jada Pinkett Smith
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Veteran producer/director Diane English (The Lathe of Heaven, Murphy Brown) helms this contemporized remake of George Cukor's beloved proto-feminist comedy drama The Women (1939), an adaptation of Cla... read more
Directed by: Diane English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
Keywords:
funny,
1939,
meg ryan,
annette bening,
debra messing,
jada pinkett,
Jada Pinkett Smith,
Meg Ryan ,
Annette Bening ,
Debra Messing
DVD Release Date: December 19, 2008
Stats: 3,750 reviews
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April 9, 2011Cast: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Natasha Alam, Carrie Fisher, Candice Bergen, Bette Midler, Annette Bening
Director: Diane English
Summary: Shocked by the discovery that their pal Mary's (Meg Ryan) husband is having an affair with a beautiful... read more -
March 21, 2011This remake of George Cukor's 1939 version in the plot is full of women only in the screen, none of men hanging around and chewing up on screen time, but except in the voice on the telephone conversations and give birth a baby boy at the final scene.
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February 13, 2010Could have been better. It was okay and cast are good, but something about it just fell flat and I downright hated the ending. Actually Debra Messing's character in general I found irritating, and I usually like her.
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October 5, 2009Lots of A list actors. A little unrealistic. Start your own clothes designs and Saks wants to buy them? A friend writes a best seller on her first try? I guess the movie is OK to watch if you don't think too much.
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August 30, 2009The film walks on very well-trodden ground, and really has nothing new to say, but... as entertainment, it delivers very well.
A witty script, with some truly funny one-liners; delivered by a fantastic cast, including Meg Ryan and Annette Benning in the central roles; with great... read more -
June 28, 2009I really quite enjoyed this movie i thought maybe it could of been better but it wasnt to bad!
Its funny in places and even though some laughs are far between each when they come they are hilarious!
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March 3, 2009ok the person that got the most laughs from me was The Old Maid! housekeeper/ whatever! she was pretty good!
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January 12, 2009Loved it! It is exactly the type of movie that I really get into. All of the lead actresses were great, especially Meg Ryan. Cute story and it's pretty damn funny too.
Critic Reviews
November 5, 2008
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
November 5, 2008
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
I love women in real life but at the movies I hated The Women. Full Review
September 15, 2008
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
The funniest thing about The Women is that Mick Jagger is one of the producers. There was a knowing laugh in the theatre as his name sprang up in the opening credits -- our last chance to laugh, as it... Full Review
September 12, 2008
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
One of the worst movies I've ever seen. Full Review
September 12, 2008
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post
In the end, English just wants to make a nice chick flick with some sassy lines. Genuine nastiness has been eliminated, while not-very-funny banter is retained. Full Review
September 12, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Though aspects of the 1939 comedy seem silly and shrill now, they were at least consistently entertaining. Where the original was deliciously loopy and melodramatic fun, this one is watered-down, sapp... Full Review
September 12, 2008
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
What was then snappy dialogue from meowing madams acting out a morality play on everything that stinks about haute society now flaccidly flaps, lost in translation from old world to new. Full Review
September 12, 2008
David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
Even those who never saw Cukor's movie will feel something is missing in English's version. Yes, some of what's missing is humor and snappy dialogue, but that could be forgiven, if only some of the ch... Full Review
September 12, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com
You go, girls. Preferably as far away as possible. Full Review
September 12, 2008
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
English has shown herself to be an adept, perceptive, and at times funny writer, but too little of that is on display here. Full Review
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