Nowadays people actually read about the box-office gross of films as if it means something personal to them.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 14, 2022

In the end, "The First Wives Club" even betrays its own bylaws. Revenge is a dish not served. Did Thelma and Louise make their sacrifice for nothing?

| Jan 9, 2019

Oh, the stories Hawn, Midler and Keaton could tell about men. But we never get to hear them in "The First Wives Clubs." Instead, it's high jinks as they plot revenge, get the money.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 9, 2019

It's not much more than a variation on Nine to Five, with the object of revenge switched from a single boss to multiple husbands.

| Jan 9, 2019

Although the movie presents itself as a ''hear me roar'' feminist statement, its view of humanity - both male and female - is so sour and artificial that the women characters come off almost as badly as the men do.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 9, 2019

Yet the real genius of this saga of sisterhood ascendant is its, um, marriage of revenge fantasy and exuberant spirit.

| Jan 9, 2019

These three powerhouse comediennes toss up a fairly delightful mess.

| Feb 27, 2018

The First Wives Club has all the conviction a comedy of female vengeance needs. But as soon as the dumb plot takes over, the wit leaks out of the movie like helium from a balloon.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 7, 2011

With its combination of comic zingers and star turns, pic shapes up as one of the more commercial fall entries.

| Mar 26, 2009

One-liners aside, however, there's no disguising the film's social smugness or predictability.

| Jan 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 31, 2004

It's a glamorous revenge romp, a 9 to 5 mixed with Auntie Mame, and it gives each star the opportunity to do her best work in a long, long time.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 18, 2002

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 12, 2002

Cheers to all for tempering bile with humor and compassion. Sappy? Maybe. Also irresistible fun.

| May 12, 2001

[I]t is hard to get too upset at a film that offers these actresses the chance to be entertaining.

| Feb 14, 2001

The success of The First Wives Club rests on the way it makes the audience feel like insiders, like part of a glamorous Hollywood club.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Comedies are supposed to tap into people's underlying hostilities -- that's part of what makes them so cathartic. But what makes "The First Wives Club" so dismal is that it winds up justifying those insecurities.

| Jan 1, 2000

The film is played as witchy, all-star vamping with a lethal sting. What makes its premise especially funny is that, at heart, it's no laughing matter.

| Jan 1, 2000

Diane Keaton is at her best here, Goldie Hawn has never been this good, and we know going in that Bette Midler is virtually tailored to a raucous farce about the sweet revenge of spurned spouses.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The First Wives Club is a great excuse for the three stars to showcase their comic talents, and for their fans to enjoy them doing so.

| Jan 1, 2000