The Women

The new comedy about finding out what you really want.

This update of a play and movie from the 1930s has had a mixed reception. The storyline, a la Sex in the City, revolves around four women and their personal problems. The main thread is about a woman who thought she had it all until her husband started having an affair with a perfume saleslady. This development forced her to re-examine her life and head off on a new course. Meanwhile her influential fashion guru friend begins to realise that maybe she is not so influential after all.

115 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language).
Comedy, Female interest.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I think this will do for his body parts...

Credits

Cast	Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Better Midler, Candice Bergen, Carrie Fisher
Director	Diane English
Screenplay	Diane English, from the 1939 screenplay by Anita Loos, Jane Murfin, based on the play by Clare Boothe Luce
Music	Mark Isham
Cinematography	Anastas N. Michos
Editing	Tia Nolan
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2008
Produced by	Picturehouse Entertainment, Inferno Distribution, Jagged Films, New Line Cinema, Shukovsky English Entertainment

Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy, drama
Language	Mild to moderate, fairly infrequent, non-threatening, not abusingly
Nudity	None
Sex	Mild infrequent references in context
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Very mild, infrequent
Drug abuse	Very brief, infrequent, tobacco and alcohol, social context, very brief implied use of dope
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer	5
Die Burger Ronel Nel	5
Cape Times Kenneth Turan	5
The Citizen Annette Bayne	12
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert What a pleasure this movie is, showcasing actresses I've admired for a long time, all at the top of their form.	15
eye Weekly Adam Nayman This film is ridiculous — the average episode of Sex and the City plays like Italian neo-realist drama by comparison.	1
ReelViews James Berardinelli While the dialogue lacks some of the crispness of Sex and the City, the film as a whole proves to be more tolerable because the characters aren't as fundamentally repugnant.	13
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Think Sex and the City without the sex.	5
ScreenIt C. Fuchs	8
Metacritic.com 32 critics	5
Rottentomatoes critics 134 critics	8
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Women is a toothless remake of the 1939 classic, lacking the charm, wit and compelling protagonists of the original.	3
What the People say
Internet 2151 Netizens Badly Lit Women And Other Problems	9
Average .. 37%	7