Synopsis
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.
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Cast
- Penélope CruzIsabella Oliveira
- Murilo BenícioToninho Oliveira
- Mark FeuersteinCliff Lloyd
- John de LancieAlex Reeves
- Anne RamsayTV Director
- Ana GasteyerClaudia Hunter
- Harold PerrineauMonica Jones
- June CarrylZeke
- Bob GreeneNikos
- Lázaro RamosMax
Recommendations
- 83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
As a goofy little fantasy, however, this film has loads of charm. - 63
New York Post
Prime date fare, but cotton-candy light and occasionally just a little too whimsical. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
This is the kind of movie you sort of like, and yet even while you're liking it, you're thinking how much better these characters and this situation could have been with a little more imagination and daring. - 50
New York Daily News
Gets the proportions all wrong -- too much magic, not enough realism. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
Not the sweaty midnight stroll through the garden of carnal delights that its title wants you to believe. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Wants to be a brightly colored bubble but has trouble getting aloft. - 30
Film.com
There is something especially irritating about whimsy done badly. - 30
Rolling Stone
Cruz is a dish, but her movie is as soggy and indigestible as Styrofoam.
