The Women (2008/I)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Diane English

Writers (WGA):

Diane English (screenplay)
Clare Boothe Luce (play)

Release Date:

12 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

It's all about...

Plot:

A wealthy New Yorker leaves her cheating husband and bonds with other society women at a resort.

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Fashion Show | Beauty Salon | Fashion | Stirrups

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related material, language, some drug use and brief smoking.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44249) | Finland:K-11 | Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:AL | Canada:G (Québec) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Hong Kong:IIB | Germany:o.Al. (f) | Portugal:M/12 | Czech Republic:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Taiwan:GP | New Zealand:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Mexico:B | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Peru:14

Filming Locations:

Bosse Sports - 141 Boston Post Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Picturehouse Entertainment

Trivia:

In The Women (1939) the only scene in color was the fashion show sequence. In this version the fashion show begins with all-black and white clothes, and the scene before it takes place in a black-and-white room.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the kitchen scene while Meg Ryan is eating the butter with the chocolate, the sugar bowls lid is shown on and off the sugar bowl without her touching it.

Quotes:

Catherine Frazier: Don't be bitter. It leads to Botox.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)

Soundtrack:

Count on Me

Waste of time.

This movie is not a comedy. It is not even funny in the "this movie is so bad it's funny" department. Rather, it is just plain bad. Other reviewers mention the bad lighting, but beyond that is the abundance of bad plastic surgery.

Meanwhile, a lot of great acting talent was wasted on a poor screenplay and uninspired direction. The main characters are one-dimensional and boring. (It is hard to feel sympathy for any of them). It is also hard to see the four characters as close friends. It seems like just a bunch of women thrown together, pretending to be close.

I won't list all of the problems with this movie, as it doesn't merit that much of anyone's attention. (Nor is it worth the time it takes to watch it).