The Women

Name: The Women
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: September 12, 2008
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 27
Cast: Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan

2008

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Picturehouse Entertainment | Release Date: September 12, 2008 | PG-13

Starring: Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan

Summary: 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 thoroughlyThe 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)… Expand

Director: Diane English

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 114 min

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Roger Ebert

As a well-crafted, well-written and well-acted entertainment, it drew me in and got its job done. Read full review

David Wiegand

Very earnest, often engaging, but not quite as much of a pleasure as the original. Read full review

David Edelstein

It's fascinating trying to separate the thirties material from the mostly maladroit additions. Read full review

Michael Sragow

This Women doesn't take place in reality or even in a glamorous urban fantasyland. It's strictly TV Land. Read full review

Peter Travers

It's a major dud. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

It's not every movie that makes you wish Vin Diesel would run in and start blowing up stuff. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

It's not particularly fun, or funny, for starters. Read full review

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KendraS.

Jan 27, 2009

Fun to watch with women.

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IanA.

Dec 30, 2008

I really don't think this movie deserved the bad ratings that it received. I really enjoyed it. I thought it was fast paced and funny. I'm a die hard fan of the 1939 version but I really liked this modern day version and would thoroughly recommend it.

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lukechristiansc

Dec 27, 2014

" A definitely laugh-out movie" ok to be honest i did not see 1939 version of the women, but this one has funny laugh out moments that Diane English gives characters the best lines in this movie. 'The Women' has "women" jokes a-lot of them, but its ok this movie is mean't for women. i get" A definitely laugh-out movie" ok to be honest i did not see 1939 version of the women, but this one has funny laugh out moments that Diane English gives characters the best lines in this movie. 'The Women' has "women" jokes a-lot of them, but its ok this movie is mean't for women. i get it, Meg Ryan is in this movie along with Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith all of these women give good with great humor, also good performances. Grade B+… Expand

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ChadS.

Sep 15, 2008

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 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.… Expand

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Antony

Feb 13, 2012

How can there be so many talented actresses partake in such awful nonsense is beyond me. This was a terrible movie and thirty minutes into it I had no other decision but to turn it off. I tried watching it again to finish the movie but 'The Women' was unwatchable. There was no chemistryHow can there be so many talented actresses partake in such awful nonsense is beyond me. This was a terrible movie and thirty minutes into it I had no other decision but to turn it off. I tried watching it again to finish the movie but 'The Women' was unwatchable. There was no chemistry between the actresses. For instance, Meg Ryan's character Mary Haines would be furious if she saw the hussy who was sleeping with her husband at the lingerie store where she shops at. What should have been the scene of the movie turned out to be a complete dud as Meg Ryan and Evan Mendes were awkward in their dialogue with one another insulting one another. I liked Debra Messing in Ned & Stacey, The Starter Wife and Will & Grace but this was truly terrible. Take a pass on this one.… Expand

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Laurens

Jan 19, 2009

It's like watching grass grow. You're watching your own pathetic life being turned into a movie with these women who love to chat with each other about men and relationships.

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Cat

Sep 13, 2008

Only go if you're interested in seeing Bening's new facelift.

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