The Women DVD Review
SoHood.com Reviewed by: Michelle Thomas
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Extras Rating: 4 out of 5
In New York City’s modern whirl of fashion and publishing, Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) seems to have it all–a beautiful country home, a rich financier husband, an adorable 11-year-old daughter and a part-time career creating designs for her father’s venerable clothing company. Her best friend, Sylvie Fowler (Annette Bening), leads another enviable life–as a happily single editor of a prominent fashion magazine, a possessor of a huge closet of designer clothes and a revered arbiter of taste and style poised on New York’s cutting edge. But when Mary’s husband enters into an affair with Crystal Allen (Crystal Allen), a sultry “spritzer girl” lurking behind the Saks Fifth Avenue perfume counter, all hell breaks loose. Mary and Sylvie’s relationship is tested to the breaking point while their tight-knit circle of friends, including mega-mommy Edie Cohen (Debra messing)and author Alex Fisher (jada Pinkett-Smith), all start to question their own friendships and romantic relationships as well.
I was so psyched to see this movie and ended up being disappointed. The movie had such a stellar cast but didn’t do much with them. Annette Benning was annoying and Jada Pinkett-Smith played the typical “Oh, no she didn’t” black female role. Meg Ryan’s ditzy innocence just wasn’t as appealing as it was in You’ve Got Mail or Sleepless in Seattle. The surprise was Debra Messing! She was the funniest and best played character in the movie. She was not unlike Grace in Will and Grace.
Also, the movie title The Women says it all, there were absolutely NO men in the movie. It was weird. You heard about husbands, bosses, fathers but you never saw them. I get the point (It’s all about THE WOMEN) but it was still weird. The scenery of Connecticut and New York was absolutely gorgeous though. I still recommend the film to guys or gals it’s not like you going to look away from the TV, cause all the women on screen are attractive to look at.
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