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The Women [Blu-ray]

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2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
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  • Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Ev
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Mar 2009
  • Run Time: 114 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001LOUAEA
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 56,513 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Comedy based on the 1939 film directed by George Cukor. Meg Ryan star as Mary Haines, a New York clothing designer who seems to have it all: a beautiful designer home, a rich financier husband, an adorable eleven-year-old daughter (India Ennenga) and glamorous friends in high places. But when Mary finds out that her husband is having an affair with perfume counter salesgirl Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes), her fabulous life starts to crumble into dust around her. The film co-stars Annette Bening, Debra Messing and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and features no men on screen.


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars another star driven romantic disappointment 28 April 2009
By Stampy
Format:DVD
Wealthy Mary Haines (Ryan) leaves her husband after she finds out from
her socialite friends he has been cheating with the attractive sales
girl Crystal Allen (Mendes) Ryan, Bening, Mendes, Messing and Pinkett
Smith are the stars in Diane English's adaptation of the hit 1939 hit
The Women. All these big stars have had their names printed in the
credits of some of the finest and memorable romantic comedy dramas over
the last few decades. When Harry met Sally, American Beauty and Hitch
to name just a few. So all have experience in the genre, all have won
our hearts in their previous respective roles and are all therefore
capable of regenerating their own personal magic, so why has the film
plummeted with fans and critiques? This film is undoubtedly targeted
towards women with an all female cast and concepts of dresses,
relationships and dealing with life. Fair enough. It is easy viewing if
your problems are reflected and managed in a different light and with
your favourite stars it should be a worthwhile view. But reflecting
realism is never the same with these films. The solutions appear too
easy to match the running time, the problems are far from the truth and
the inclusion of bad timing just generates a form of fantasy that
should be banned from screen.

The bottom line is that romantic comedies are so easy to make in recent
times. He's just not that into you or Love Actually are some previous
star driven previous releases that show films are woven around its
stars rather than the plot and lack realism because of it. Romantic
comedy dramas have the same generic style. Guy and girl get on fine;
problems arise with a series of sub plots before finding problem and
attempting a resolve. It just depends who you have to star that makes
the difference these days.

The Women is yet another perfect example of nonsense. Meg Ryan gets
depressed when her husband is caught cheating and her friends feel
guilty and her daughter doesn't respect her and she tries to balance
her career as well and etcetera. It's ridiculous to even contemplate
seeing this film when it's a carbon copy of every other romantic comedy
or drama with stars from the gossip magazines.

The plot is consistently flat and don't expect any humour to give you a
good night's viewing. Pinkett's lesbian and the talkative manicurist
may have your mouth twitching but that's as far as it goes.

Flat, utterly pointless and a waste of time, money and effort, The
Women is a perfect example of the ridiculous cinema trend that we have
entered.

1/10
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fine 15 Feb 2009
By Anna TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
The Women is an interesting one. It's the very chickiest of chick flicks inasmuch as, you won't glimpse a single chap on screen the entire time. You'll not even hear one on the phone... and you may not even realise until the end credits.

Oh, there's nothing particularly wonderful or particularly rubbish about this film. It's just inoffensive and tepid and a perfectly adequate way to spend a couple of hours. It's a tamer version of Sex and the City, really: 4 women doing lunch in New York before shopping. Except when Ryan's character discovers her husband is having an affair with a perfume spritzer (Eva Mendez who, admittedly, is bloody gawjus) her life starts to tumble down.

The focus of the film, though, is female friendship. It's an homage to the nature of friendship, and it's charming in that respect... it's just the ancillary stuff - affairs, prodigious pregnancies, lesbianism - that steers it back to standard chick-flickery and ultimately detracts from the real story.

The performances are uniformly good - none of the actresses are tested in any way, and it's all perfectly nice.

Best watched on a Summer afternoon with girly friends, sunshine and a glass of chilled white wine in hand.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars They Deserved Better 5 May 2013
By prisrob TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford were formidable in George Cukor's 1939 release of 'The Women', a play written by Clare Booth Luce. They had style, they had wit, they had passion. Diane English's remake has none of these except an exceptional cast of women. But, the script gives them nothing to play with. Redoes of famous films are always a little bit 'iffy' and this film from 2008 has gone off track. It is as if the actors were all play acting and playing they were, acting no.

Meg Ryan, plays Mary Haines, a wife and mother whose husband is having an affair with a perfume saleswoman, Eva Mendes, at Sachs. Her best friends,
Annette Benning, Debra Messing and Jada Pinkett Smith try to support her but everything is a mess and nothing is right. Mary's household comes undone when she orders her husband, Stephen out of the house. That is pretty much the sum of the film. Mary breaks up with her best friend, is a failure as a mother and wife, and all this forces her to get her act together. OK, over and done but a two hour version is two too many.

There is no chemistry, there is no real action, nothing comes together. Diane English, the creator of Murphy Brown has come undone here. Candace Bergen as Mary's mother is the best of the bunch and that is because she is Murphy grown-up.

Not Recommended. prisrob 05-05-13
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars if stuck worth watching
The actresses in it have all made good names for themselves but the film itself was just ok & if there's nothing on tv
Published 1 month ago by Lor
2.0 out of 5 stars Awful - terrible script, badly directed - mildly entertaining
Just watched this on TV. The acting is good from some fine actresses, but the film is cringe-makingly bad, with terribly cliche'd lines and drama. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Fairy Godmother
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as bad as some reviews suggest
I was not looking forward to watching this film - I'm a huge fan of the original George Cukor gem, which is a classic of wit, glamour and satire and one of my favourite films. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Scribella
5.0 out of 5 stars great viewing
Lots of fun. Great cast. Excellent entertainment. From start to finish for. The man who thinks the grass is greener. Enjoy
Published 6 months ago by Mrs. P. Lewis
1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Tripe
Seriously. Just awful. Like a trip to a menagerie with all that twittering and squawking. Stupid story. Woeful performances. Jada Smith serves no purpose whatsoever. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Hillsman
4.0 out of 5 stars FUN COMEDY WITH A GREAT CAST
I remember when this movie came out it got totally panned by critics. I finally watched it on tv today and i dont get the hatred as i really enjoyed it. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ali M
5.0 out of 5 stars The Women dvd
Girlie film for easy watching when you just want to sit back and chill. Film is about a group of friends seeing one of their friends through infidelity. Great cast.
Published 8 months ago by regular Amazon user
5.0 out of 5 stars :D
What a great little film.
I will say for all you fans of Sex and the City, if you haven't seen this then do it because you win't be disapponted. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Chris Kellow
1.0 out of 5 stars Hardly Women; more Silly Little Girls
The hype of this film as it came out does not come close to justifying the unfortunate train wreck of a film that is The Women. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. S. D. Berla
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing film
I saw a little bit of this film on the television and did my usual thing of checking the price on Amazon as soon as the adverts started. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Michael
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