Synopsis
The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.
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Cast
- Meg RyanMary Haines
- Annette BeningSylvie Fowler
- Eva MendesCrystal Allen
- Debra MessingEdie Cohen
- Jada Pinkett SmithAlex Fisher
- Candice BergenCatherine Frazier
- Cloris LeachmanMaggie
- India EnnengaMolly Haines
- Debi MazarTanya
- Bette MidlerLeah Miller
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
As a well-crafted, well-written and well-acted entertainment, it drew me in and got its job done. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
English wrangles her talent like a virtuoso. Best is Murphy Brown herself, Candice Bergen. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
It's fascinating trying to separate the thirties material from the mostly maladroit additions. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The film repeatedly sacrifices dramatic punch for political correctness. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
The movie is a feminist lesson instead of what it should have been (and once was): a tough, synthetic, high-gloss entertainment that wears its heart on its lacquered fingernails. - 40
Variety
The Women is less about getting even than about inspiring that same mushy sense of female empowerment you might find in a Tyler Perry meller, complete with manic mood swings and full-blown diva moments. - 38
Chicago Tribune
It's a high-powered cast, but it has painfully little to work with, apart from widely varying humor. - 33
The A.V. Club
The original was a tart dipped in acid; this one's a biscuit sprinkled in Splenda.
