The Women (2009)
The Women (2009)
MKV (H264) 720x404 1240Kbps 23.98fps | 2 tracks: English, French Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch | English, Spanish sub/idx | 01:54:12 | 1.44 Gb
+ bonus features: additional scenes, The Women Behind Women, The Women - The Legacy | 400 Mb
Comedy/Drama | Director: Diane English | Stars: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Candice Bergen, Annette Bening
MKV (H264) 720x404 1240Kbps 23.98fps | 2 tracks: English, French Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch | English, Spanish sub/idx | 01:54:12 | 1.44 Gb
+ bonus features: additional scenes, The Women Behind Women, The Women - The Legacy | 400 Mb
Comedy/Drama | Director: Diane English | Stars: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Candice Bergen, Annette Bening
Mothers, daughters, wives, friends: These are the women of The Women. Based on Clare Boothe Luce's Broadway success and the hit 1939 movie, this sparkling update (from Murphy Brown creator Diane English) set in Manhattan and featuring an all-star, all-female cast says a lot about what it means to be today's woman and all of it's funny! The story starts with beautiful, smart, accomplished Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) discovering her husband is cheating on her. It's a time when friends are needed, so Mary's gal pals (Annette Bening, Jada Pinkett Smith and Debra Messing) and mother (Candice Bergen) rally round with advice, cocktails and shopping.
The Women (2009)
The Women (2009)
Written and directed by Diane English, which is based on both the stage play by Clare Boothe Luce and the 1930s movie of the same name, The Women is an update of sorts transplanting stories about the love lives of 4 women friends to modern day New York City, but wait a minute, isn't this Sex in the City?
Not quite. For starters, this movie does not have a Mr Big. In fact, male characters get mentioned, but the high level of girl power meant that men are supposed to be mentioned, but never seen. Nada, zilch. In almost every scene you'll be hard pressed to find the male species in the movie, that you'll almost deem this a terribly sexist movie. The characters too seem like a throwback to SATC and while the characters here are less irritating and less bitchy, that however was part of the fun that was missing here.
It's not a bad story, but Diane English had made this feel more like one's watching a stage play rather than a movie. Dialogue becomes lines delivered on cue, with little emotion attached. The plot itself was quite thin, and one could see the actresses trying their best to make their characters seem as three-dimensional and as interesting as they can. Some make the grade, while others like Jada Pinkett Smith, Debra Messing and Eva Mendes weren't given enough screen time to perform adequately.
The Women (2009)
The Women (2009)
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