A lazy film that makes the most obvious points about the war between the sexes and, as a result, makes the characters much less interesting than they might have been.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 31, 2008

Actually quite an acceptable, enjoyable midrange chick flick that hasn't quite deserved the critical drubbing it has received in the States.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 24, 2008

While The Women provides an evening of laughter and some points to ponder, relationships work only when all involved are willing to sacrifice for one another.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 29, 2008

The funniest thing about The Women is that Mick Jagger is one of the producers. There was a knowing laugh in the theatre as his name sprang up in the opening credits -- our last chance to laugh, as it turned out, for the next two hours.

| Sep 15, 2008

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

| Sep 12, 2008

In the end, English just wants to make a nice chick flick with some sassy lines. Genuine nastiness has been eliminated, while not-very-funny banter is retained.

| Sep 12, 2008

Though aspects of the 1939 comedy seem silly and shrill now, they were at least consistently entertaining. Where the original was deliciously loopy and melodramatic fun, this one is watered-down, sappy and earnest.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 12, 2008

What was then snappy dialogue from meowing madams acting out a morality play on everything that stinks about haute society now flaccidly flaps, lost in translation from old world to new.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 12, 2008

While the actors do what they can, too many characters come off as concepts, not people.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 12, 2008

Even those who never saw Cukor's movie will feel something is missing in English's version. Yes, some of what's missing is humor and snappy dialogue, but that could be forgiven, if only some of the characters were more believable.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 12, 2008

You go, girls. Preferably as far away as possible.

| Sep 12, 2008

A total disaster.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 12, 2008

Fourteen years in the making, The Women marks a serviceable directorial debut for English.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 12, 2008

Of all the freedoms that women have rightly earned, aping the worst of male behaviour needn't rank high among them.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 12, 2008

Hopefully that audience won't be fooled by this cast's potential and the clever concept; the final product here is anything but fabulous.

| Original Score: D+ | Sep 12, 2008

In spite of the casting and honorable revamps, it feels more dated than the 1939 original did for its time period.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 12, 2008

It hurts especially to watch Ms. Bening and Candice Bergen (who plays Mary's mother) lend their wit and dignity to a project that has so little of its own.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 12, 2008

What a pleasure this movie is, showcasing actresses I've admired for a long time, all at the top of their form.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 12, 2008

'What do you think this is, some kind of 1930s movie?' Mary bellows at her mother at one point. If only it were.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 12, 2008

Ryan, barely refining her When Harry Met Sally persona, is a dud.

| Sep 12, 2008