The Women 2008   PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Diane English
Cast: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bette Midler, Candice Bergen, Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman, Debi Mazar, India Ennenga, Jill Flint, Ana Gasteyer, Tilly Scott Pedersen, Joanna Gleason
This remake of 1939's "The Women" is written and directed by Diane English and takes a different slant from the previous film on women and their relationships. When Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) learns that her husband is having an affair with sexy Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes), her immediate response is to turn to her friends–magazine editor Sylvia (Annette Bening), artsy Edie (Debra Messing), and lesbian Alex (Jada Pinkett Smith). Instead of sympathizing with Mary, they tell her to dump her cheating husband. Mary also asks for advice from housekeeper Maggie (Cloris Leachman), nanny Uta (Tilly Scott Pedersen), Hollywood agent Leah (Bette Midler), and even her own mother (Candice Bergen) who offer their own perspectives on how to handle the situation. Finally, when gossip columnist Bailey Smith (Carrie Fisher) learns from her editor Sylvia about the affair, problems grow and extend beyond the marriage breakup. 1 User Review
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| | Please Grab your Mom and daughters and run to see this movie | Leachmanlover 05/04/2009 | Finally a womans movie,made about women by ONLY woman
Yes not one man on the sceen or set!~A tribute to the true gift of life...Women!
Enjoy!Great writing a ethos for young women!~Best Movie of the YEAR!!!!! |
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 The Women 1939  N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main, Butterfly McQueen, Phyllis Povah, Virginia Weidler, Virginia Grey, Muriel Hutchison, Hedda Hopper
After Mary's (Norma Shearer) friend Sylvia (Rosalind Russell) arranges for her to get the information that Mary's husband is having an affair, Mary heads for Reno to obtain a divorce. When she returns home to New York, she learns that her husband has married his mistress Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford), and now Mary plots to win her husband back. This all-female-cast movie is a classic.
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| Oscar: Best Supporting Actress for The Last Picture Show (1971) |
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| Oscar: Best Director for My Fair Lady (1964) |
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| Oscar: Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930) |
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| Oscar: Best Actress for Mildred Pierce (1945) |
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| Oscar: Best Actress for Suspicion (1941) |
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