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The Women

1939

George Cukor

Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland ...

7.0

1,465

Comedy Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. On the train taking her to a Reno divorce Mary meets the Countess and Miriam (in an affair with Fowler's husband). While they are at Lucy's dude ranch, Fowler arrives for her own divorce and the Countess meets fifth husband-to-be Buck. Back in ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Jeanette Winterson The Guardian	"You will have a very good time, and you'll understand why feminism had to happen."	POS
United States	Jeremiah Kipp Slant	"Like an overstuffed party, there’s no room to breathe amid all this babble and coo, but patient and forgiving viewers with the will to endure can savor the few finer moments (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Ted Shen Chicago Reader	"George Cukor directed with characteristic theatricality and love for his actresses"	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"Marvellous dialogue (...) Enjoyable and witty (...) George Cukor was in his element with this cast and such strong source material (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"A more eccentric film than the following year’s 'The Philadelphia Story', with which it shares a couple of faces, it’s almost as fabulous."	POS

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