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12 September 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
It's all about... morePlot:
A wealthy New Yorker leaves her cheating husband and bonds with other society women at a resort. full summary | full synopsisNewsDesk:
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The Women in Hollywood Honor Each Other (From Popsugar. 7 October 2008, 6:00 AM, PDT)
Eva Mendes Loves Being 'Sexy' (From PEOPLE.com. 3 October 2008, 6:45 AM, PDT)
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The Women 08 It's Not A 30's Movie moreUS Showtimes:
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Meg Ryan | ... | Mary Haines | |
| Annette Bening | ... | Sylvia Fowler | |
| Eva Mendes | ... | Crystal Allen | |
| Debra Messing | ... | Edie Cohen | |
| Jada Pinkett Smith | ... | Alex Fisher | |
| Bette Midler | ... | Leah Miller | |
| Candice Bergen | ... | Catherine Frazier | |
| Carrie Fisher | ... | Bailey Smith | |
| Cloris Leachman | ... | Maggie | |
| Debi Mazar | ... | Tanya | |
| India Ennenga | ... | Molly Haines | |
| Natasha Alam | ... | Natasha | |
| Ana Gasteyer | ... | Pat | |
| Joanna Gleason | ... | Barbara Delacorte | |
| Tilly Scott Pedersen | ... | Uta |
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Rated PG-13 for sex-related material, language, some drug use and brief smoking.Parents Guide:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-11 | Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:AL | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Australia:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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Before development was put on hold in 2006, Annette Bening and Uma Thurman were rumored to have been considered for the roles of Mary Haines and Crystal Allen respectively. Also Lisa Kudrow and Anne Hathaway were in talks for the roles of Mirian Aarons and Peggy Day, but the roles were cut out of the final script. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the tampon-burning scene, Mary's hair goes behind her right ear and back over the right side of her face several times without her touching it. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Michael Phelps/Lil' Wayne (#34.1)" (2008) moreSoundtrack:
You don't know how it feels moreFAQ
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It was an impossible task to update a classic that was embedded in its time and as such could travel the waves of time intact because we could adapt to its historical context. Now this 2008 version seems the one that's dated. I used to love Meg Ryan, reminded me of Carol Lombard now she's more like Joan Rivers, in appearance if not in spirit. There is nothing funny about her. Strangely enough she looks better in the second part of the film. In any case, the modernity of Norma Shearer's performance is unbeatable. Annette Bening is better but couldn't cancel the memory of Rosalind Russell, who could? If one can divorce oneself from the George Cukor original, and one must to be able to sit through it, there are a few pleasures to be had, mostly thanks to Cloris Leachman, Candice Bergen (playing Meg Ryan's mom for the second time, remember "Rich and Famous"?) and Bette Midler in a much to brief stint playing the part once played by Mary Boland. The most unforgivable blunder is Eva Mendes's Crystal. She couldn't fill Joan Crawford's shoes not even by mistake. Her performance is vulgar, jarring and ugly. How strange that someone as smart as Diane English could give us such a confusing picture of women. Oh well, I had to see it, I saw it and I'm very disappointed but hardly surprised.