The Women

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Actor: Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Eva Mendes, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Meg Ryan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-12-19
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: New Line Home Video

DVD Reviews of The Women

DVD Review: Good grief!
Summary: 1 Stars

The original version of this story remains a film classic, with memorable writing, direction and legendary performances by Norma Shearer, Roz Russell, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine, Virginia Weidler (at one point Doris Day's sister-in-law), Paulette Goddard and most notably Joan Crawford. That version was witty, wise, bitchy, mean and sympathetic, fast-paced, fun and sophisticated. This version is appalling. This a story which relies on chemistry among the actors above all in this remake the chemistry is zero. Everyone seems to be reciting the script self-consciously, there is not a moment when there's any sense we are watching real life, everything seems calculated and over-rehearsed. It's like a bad community production. How all this happened given the talents of Diane English and everyone else involved is beyond me. Even foolproof Bette Midler and Candace Bergen seem to be repeating themselves with no spark. Only Cloris Leachman emerges unscathed. Actually, there seems to be no movie here, just a parade of scenes on movie sets. Thank God Hedda Hopper will never see it.

DVD Review: Based on THEATER
Summary: 3 Stars

I've seen the bad reviews but honestly - just finished watching this and I can see where the bad review stems - however the film keeps to the screenplay - it's a movie based on the play and really, theater is quite cheesy - this element is apparent in the film. That said, I enjoyed it for what it's worth. I laughed. It was entertaining. Cheers!

DVD Review: Well, so much for that.
Summary: 1 Stars

"For fans of some of America's finest actresses, seeing a film with even one of the cast members of The Women would be a treat." And that's exactly why I was looking forward to watching this movie. Unfortunately, about 15 minutes into the movie, we're introduced to the oh-so-politically-correct homosexual couple, and that's when I turned it off. To anyone involved in the making of this film: It's your choice to ignore God and it's my choice to ignore this movie. Please think very seriously about your choices, because God is watching us all, and while He DOES give us freedom of choice, He's still in charge, and we'll all have to answer to Him one day.

DVD Review: Doesn't Quite Make It
Summary: 2 Stars

I saw the original film recently, of which this is a remake, and I have to say that it's way better than this, to the extent that I can't see why they bothered to make this. This version pays lip service to every issue contemporary women have to contend with, but the whole thing comes off as disengenuous. What it does portray is that every actress in this movie has had work done and it shows! The only person who distinguishes herself, acting wise and appearance wise (because she looks authentic) is Annette Benning. I can't remember a time when I've seen her in a film when she doesn't do a great job. This might be worth getting just to see her act. Overall, I wanted to like this but I was disappointed.

DVD Review: The Women
Summary: 3 Stars

It arrived in a timely manner and is very good condition. However, the film itself is a dog. I was very disappointed as it has a wonderful cast.

Description of The Women

Mothers, daughters, wives, friends: These are the women of The Women. Based on Clare Boothe Luce's Broadway success and the hit 1939 movie, this sparkling update (from Murphy Brown creator Diane English) set in Manhattan and featuring an all-star, all-female cast says a lot about what it means to be today's woman and all of it's funny! The story starts with beautiful, smart, accomplished Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) discovering her husband is cheating on her. It's a time when friends are needed, so Mary's gal pals (Annette Bening, Jada Pinkett Smith and Debra Messing) and mother (Candice Bergen) rally round with advice, cocktails and shopping. The Wife vs. the Other Woman (Eva Mendes): Sharpen your claws for a timeless and wonderfully witty battle.

For fans of some of America's finest actresses, seeing a film with even one of the cast members of The Women would be a treat. But this remake of George Cukor's famed girl-trouble ensemble film features Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Jada Pinkett Smith, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Cloris Leachman, Bette Midler, Carrie Fisher, Joanna Gleason, and Candice Bergen--whew!--making it a film that fans of these terrifically talented women can savor. The remake may not have the cat-itude or camp factor of the original, but so what? The cast's chemistry really shines; friendship is thicker than water, it turns out--even stronger than the ties that bind women to their men. Ryan is the good-girl Mary Haines, whose husband, she and her friends learn, is cheating on her with the stunning femme fatale Crystal (Mendes, in the Joan Crawford role)--"a spritzer" at the perfume counter. Quelle horreur! The other women rally around the hapless Mary, staging interventions, offering snappy advice, and plotting battles on behalf of their friend. But it turns out that Ryan's Mary isn't quite as fragile as she seems. Gimlets and girl talk--lots of both--go a long way toward getting our heroine through her crisis, and onto a new stage in her life that surprises her husband and more than one of her pals. And the laughs by the appearances of Midler and Bergen, especially, are worth watching the whole film for. --A.T. Hurley

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