While The Women provides an evening of laughter and some points to ponder, relationships work only when all involved are willing to sacrifice for one another.
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09/29/08
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The Women (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 122
Fresh: 12
Rotten:110
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Consensus: The Women is a toothless remake of the 1939 classic, lacking the charm, wit and compelling protagonists of the original.
Theatrical Release: Sep 12, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $24,072,805
Synopsis: Packed with an all-star cast, Diane English's (MURPHY BROWN) contemporary version of THE WOMEN showcases the talents of Annette Bening, Meg Ryan, Jada Pinkett Smith, Candice Bergen, and Debra Messing. Like the 1939 original, the film... [More]
Starring: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing
Director: Diane English
Reviews for The Women
I feel bad for women that The Women is the kind of movie Hollywood makes for you.
09/26/08
English puts plenty of pithy one-liners in her characters' mouths, seemingly oblivious that the film's having-it-all feminist mantra was lapped by Ally McBeal and Sex & the City about a decade ago.
09/26/08
The most disappointing aspect of The Women is how few laughs it delivers.
09/19/08
It takes ovaries the size of Alaska to update a classic like George Cukor's 1939 catfight "The Women," but that's just what Diane English has done--and nobody should thank her for it.
09/18/08
No barbs, no bite, no passion; the claws stay sheathed and the film stays bland
09/18/08
They say that you can never have too much of a good thing, but in this case, there's so much talent and only so much time that most of the actresses are wasted in cameo roles.
09/17/08
A wrongheaded, glossy mediocrity -- a perfect companion piece to the summer's earlier offerings of Sex and the City and Mamma Mia!.
09/17/08
Fans of the original should alter their expectations while those who haven't experienced the verbal sparring between Russell, Crawford, Mary Boland, et al, should take in this new version first, if only to give it a fair shake.
09/16/08
While there are many ways in which it falls short of its predecessor the fact that it possesses, arguably, a more retrograde view of gender roles...is probably the most depressing.
09/16/08
Shame on English for wasting an opportunity to make a modern-day classic.
09/16/08
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 turned out, for the next two hours.
09/15/08
Top Critic This can't be what women want to watch. A film written, directed and starring all women completely misses the mark of embracing strong powerful independent women.
09/15/08
First time filmmaker Diane English (Murphy Brown) labored for over a decade to bring this project to the screen, but passion shouldn't be confused with vision.
09/14/08
'The Women' entertained me much more than I expected it would, especially after seeing those dreadful previews.
09/13/08
Lame and saturated in the dour makeup of an afternoon soap opera, The Women is a transparent chick flick standing on its shaky high heels without much support.
09/13/08
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