Women in Trouble Reviews
Girl boss bs! Go watch paint dry, you will thank me.
A lot of very good acting talent has been wasted in this film. Certainly, a lot of good talent is present, but the lead characters are given very little to do or say. The director has an appreciation for the female physique, but he doesn't seem to know women very well, or he's not demonstrating that knowledge very well. I'm sure any woman watching the film, if there are any, would have to be saying, 'who would do that?' I have no explanation. As expected, the men in the film are all exploitative, or happy to be exploited. None of them seem to inhabit much intelligence. Even worse, the women don't fare much better. It's not a 'porn movie', but as an episodic comedy, the situations are so far-fetched that I stared at the screen and eventually gave up. Sorry. I like Carla Gugino and Connie Britton, but both actresses have done much better in other projects. Give this a pass.
10 women got themselves in a variety of sticky situations. The stories were badly connected and the blue comedy didn't work as well as Gutierrez might have expected. The ensemble was great, featuring a talented cast of good looking people, but at times acting as distraction to the bland storytelling and thin material.
It was good. But that's where it ended. The flash forwards were a tad strange, loud and unnecessary, but I enjoy it.
I accidentally stumbled on this movie and I had the pleasure to find in it Simon Baker and Josh Brolin. That two guys were already great reasons to watch the film, but I've found others: a good job, with funny and rich characters.
Women in Trouble has bright colors and several captivating story lines. It's all about sex really, but isn't life about sex? Of course it is. The ideas presented in this movie are of the open-minded sort, which I adore, to the exception of the recurring fact that anybody in the sex industry should be trying to get out. Beyond that, you get taken in for a nice ride, with events that surprises you at time. It's a bit quirky, funny in passing, and never dull. The acting is good. However, it could have been better but that might be the fault of the scenario or the director. The rest is pretty much invisible, which makes for fine entertainment. The only negative would be that the whole could have been a little bit tighter, more researched. If you're looking for a bit of drama, a bit of sex, some laughs, and a jumble of scenes all about women that tie up together, then you should watch it.
The dialogues are loaded with wit and humor that you can forget about the underwhelming final act. It wasn't meant to break grounds. It really is just a better than the usual 'female club' outing.
Gutierrez doesn't take himself too seriously. And I like that. Contrary to douchy critic belief, this isn't forced or dumbed down. This is as guilty a pleasure as pistachio macaroons.
I really enjoyed this film on a light, breezy watch kind of level, as it follows a widely varied ensemble cast through their day, building to different connections between the at first seemingly disparate group of strangers. The only quibble I might have (from a sheerly sexist viewpoint) could be that the porn actresses never really show any skin, but perhaps I'm just being piggish about that. But y'know, realism, dammit! Worth a rental if you're looking for something light.
Desafortunada pelicula, intenta manejar una trama circular que inicia donde termina, pero queda en la mitad. Trata de llamar la atencion con el papel de la actriz porno, pero realmente es un papel que podria ser cualquier persona. Es una pelicula de ver solo si no hay nada mas disponible.
An utterly pointless movie written so that the director could get loads of his famous actresses to undress
...pretending to be serious while essentially wallowing in prurient fantasies about women, and of course attractive women... ...probably one of the most succinct and insightful, certainly one of the cleverest, remarks I read was by NYT critic MANOHLA DARGIS: "Mr. Gutierrez, as suggested by all the decolletage, appears to be a breast man. Too bad he didn't set his sights higher".... ...unfortunately to be frank, certainly for us fellow males, it is admittedly still fascinating...yeah, its one of those contradictory or paradoxical things ...occasionally appealing to the head and the heart while essentially exploiting them thar lower regions... ...the final, post credit coda seems to tell it all: a slickly, kitsch-ily dressed porn "director" is interviewing Elektra Luxx, herself dressed as a nun, and Holly Rocket, a frizzy blond-haired yet bright bimbo (at least arithmetically quite bright), -- now there's a bunch of paradoxes, paradoxes which capture the core of the film...yes, funny, clever even insightful sometimes yet still ultimately and primarily prurient and exploitative... ...guess I'll have to see it again to verify the veracity of what I've written...yeah, I'm being facetious...I think...
I foudn this movie interesting but sort of lost in terms of direction. I can understand an open ending but why have so many characters whose stories are never resolved?