A clever script that stranded in the middle of nowhere!
Added 11/6/2009
Diane English picked up and rearranged the missing pieces of the romantic comedy genre, based on the multidimensional affective feminine universe. But smartly she focuses her whole attention around seven well defined characters; the first three are of course Meg Ryan as the devoted wife always trying to shine as human being. But living into a happy bubble (living in a beautiful home at Connecticut, married with a successful executive and supported by her best friend (Annette Bening) - the second main character - she will have to have to face the world when she hits the bottom at the moment she realizes her husband cheats her with the alluring Eva Mendes. The third main character is her mother (the lovable and still beautiful Candice Bergen) who will support her according her particular style, and finally we have Ryan's daughter a girl who's living the hard transition of the adolescence (with its doubts and fears) . But the other three secondary roles turn around Eva Mendes the seductive lover of Stephen Haines, (who looks fine in this role); the pregnant friend (who expects this birth with hope and illusion) and the lesbian character (who lives with a super model).
New York is the big stage, the fashion world and its well known dissonances rounds an entire and passable film with a happy ending when the different destinies of these women intersect themselves.
Curiously there's no single shot with a masculine character all the way through. We just listen far references (as the telephone call with Ryan's husband).
A very well written script makes of this movie a pleasant and enriching experience for making us think.
But the raw material was by far much more promising that the final outcome.
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A GREAT film to get rid of your in laws during the up coming holiday season
Added 10/31/2009
What a waste of great talent to be in a movie like this,and what the hell happened to Meg Ryan? She was always so cute and pretty,now her face is so botox abused,it hardly moves.My Sister saw "The Women" at the theather when it came out last year,and half the audience was asleep,and the other half left before the film was over.If you want to get rid of your in laws this holiday season,put "THe Women" on your blue ray DVD player.
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Lightweight estrogen comedy
Added 10/26/2009
The Bottom Line:
It's not only the lack of any actor with a Y chromosome that makes The Women feel like it should be airing on the Lifetime network: between the ham-handed direction, weak writing, and superfluity of characters in a short film, The Women is a featherlight comedy that might be the type of film to watch on an airplane but that's about the best recommendation I can muster.
2.5/4
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True Friendship
Added 10/25/2009
This movie made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. IT's not perfect by any means, but the cast make up for the imperfections of the script. Each actress is so engulfed in their role in this film it's not even funny! After watching it for the first time, I ordered it online to have in my collection. I truly enjoy this film.
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Unwatchable
Added 10/18/2009
Sorry but I just could not watch this one. It all started with Annette Bening and her overdone portrayal of a older, sophisticated New Yorker. Her voice was so deep and her facelift so severe. It was hard to look at her. I just didn't sense any chemistry in this movie.
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A clever script that stranded in the middle of nowhere!
Added 11/6/2009
Diane English picked up and rearranged the missing pieces of the romantic comedy genre, based on the multidimensional affective feminine universe. But smartly she focuses her whole attention around seven well defined characters; the first three are of course Meg Ryan as the devoted wife always trying to shine as human being. But living into a happy bubble (living in a beautiful home at Connecticut, married with a successful executive and supported by her best friend (Annette Bening) - the second main character - she will have to have to face the world when she hits the bottom at the moment she realizes her husband cheats her with the alluring Eva Mendes. The third main character is her mother (the lovable and still beautiful Candice Bergen) who will support her according her particular style, and finally we have Ryan's daughter a girl who's living the hard transition of the adolescence (with its doubts and fears) . But the other three secondary roles turn around Eva Mendes the seductive lover of Stephen Haines, (who looks fine in this role); the pregnant friend (who expects this birth with hope and illusion) and the lesbian character (who lives with a super model).
New York is the big stage, the fashion world and its well known dissonances rounds an entire and passable film with a happy ending when the different destinies of these women intersect themselves.
Curiously there's no single shot with a masculine character all the way through. We just listen far references (as the telephone call with Ryan's husband).
A very well written script makes of this movie a pleasant and enriching experience for making us think.
But the raw material was by far much more promising that the final outcome.
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A GREAT film to get rid of your in laws during the up coming holiday season
Added 10/31/2009
What a waste of great talent to be in a movie like this,and what the hell happened to Meg Ryan? She was always so cute and pretty,now her face is so botox abused,it hardly moves.My Sister saw "The Women" at the theather when it came out last year,and half the audience was asleep,and the other half left before the film was over.If you want to get rid of your in laws this holiday season,put "THe Women" on your blue ray DVD player.
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Lightweight estrogen comedy
Added 10/26/2009
The Bottom Line:
It's not only the lack of any actor with a Y chromosome that makes The Women feel like it should be airing on the Lifetime network: between the ham-handed direction, weak writing, and superfluity of characters in a short film, The Women is a featherlight comedy that might be the type of film to watch on an airplane but that's about the best recommendation I can muster.
2.5/4
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