- Actors: Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau, Mark Feuerstein, John de Lancie
- Directors: Fina Torres
- Writers: Vera Blasi
- Producers: Fina Torres, Alan Poul, Augusto Casé, Bronwen Hughes, Caíque Martins Ferreira
- Format: PAL
- Language English, Portuguese
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Fox
- VHS Release Date: 29 Oct 2001
- Run Time: 92 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005NOM2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 21,174 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Woman on Top pretends to be your standard fish-out-of-water romantic comedy laced with touches of magic realism. However, when you break it down and look at its elements, it turns out to be slightly different. Hot Spanish star Penélope Cruz (All About My Mother) plays Isabella Oliveira, a Brazilian chef who falls madly in love with, and marries, a dashing waiter (Murilo Benício). Throughout her life she's been a victim of motion sickness, and the only way she can overcome it is by being in control, whether it's driving or being on top during sex. Her husband starts to feel that as a threat to his Latin masculinity, and when he steps out on her, she catches him. She decides to leave Brazil and stop loving him, ending up in San Francisco with an old friend (Harold Perrineau Jr), now a drag queen. There she meets a nice guy-television producer (Mark Feuerstein), who sets her up with her own cooking show. Normally in this kind of movie his character would be the perfect antidote for her heartbreak, but he ends up more seduced by the success of her cooking show than by her. When her husband shows up, she becomes trapped in a love triangle where both men are deeply flawed. Can she forgive her husband's infidelity and fall back in love with him? Forget the answer. The fact that the question is being asked separates Woman on Top from the other broad, romantic comedies that share its tone. Plus it's chock-full of seductive Brazilian music. --Andy Spletzer, Amazon.com
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
As a visual spectacle this is a gorgeous movie and the music played throughout it is lively,soft and romantic.The humour is light-hearted
and the story being told is easy to follow.The producers of the film did such a good job making the food look tasty and in presenting the chef,Penelope Cruz, as the main dish that the viewer is left in no doubt that if Cruz started a cookery programme on tv in real life a lot of people would watch it!
However for me Woman On Top lacked in its ability
to make me care about what was happening to the characters being portrayed and so I can only give it three stars.
and the story being told is easy to follow.The producers of the film did such a good job making the food look tasty and in presenting the chef,Penelope Cruz, as the main dish that the viewer is left in no doubt that if Cruz started a cookery programme on tv in real life a lot of people would watch it!
However for me Woman On Top lacked in its ability
to make me care about what was happening to the characters being portrayed and so I can only give it three stars.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was hugely disappointed in this film. I like Penelope Cruz and bought this for a friend. It must be an early Cruz film. The acting wasn't particularly good, the plot was abysmal. It is the worst film I have seen in some time. This is definitely one to miss. If you are looking for a good P Cruz film I can recommend "Volver", which is quirky and interesting. Not a woman's film but more a film about women. It's great. Buy it instead.
Format:DVD
Saw this film years ago but have only just got round to buying it. My teenage children also enjoyed it, in fact my son sat with a grin on his face almost all the way through. A film parents and teenagers can watch together if you're looking for something romantic without blatent sex, great scenery in more ways than one and comedy as well:> Makes a pleasant change from all the violent films teens seem to want to watch these days - I really do sound ancient!!!
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Dull, very dull film!
I have to say I got this film only because my girlfriend asked me to!!!
It's dull from beginning to end... Read more
It's dull from beginning to end... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Eduardo Lima
Comedy that saves your day
Very lovely comedy with my favorite actor. Recommend for the days when you feel that everything goes wrong and you need some relax.
Published on 24 April 2010 by Robert Hatala
Hot Sizzlin' Chef "onTop" in Every Way
Penelope Cruz sizzles in her role as Isabella, a charming and seductive chef in a small Brazilian seaside resort called Bahia. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2008 by Erika Borsos
light, colourful and sexy
an aesthetically pleasing film with the locations as appealing as Penelope Cruz.
Our heroine (of jamon jamon fame)plays a young brazilian wife who suffers from motion sickness. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2001 by andybontour@yahoo.com
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