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Pretty Woman

1990

Garry Marshall

Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Hector Elizondo, Jason Alexander ...

6.3

131,105

Romance. Comedy Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) is a wealthy businessman who hires prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) while on a trip to Los Angeles. He offers her money to stay with him for a week to accompany him to various society outings where he feels he should have a date on his arm.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"It is something special (...) [Julia Roberts] is so enchantingly beautiful, so funny, so natural and such an absolute delight that it is hard to hold anything against the movie."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"You’re likely to have a fun night at the movies with 'Pretty Woman', but you’ll hate yourself in the morning."	NEU
United Kingdom	Michael Hogan Telegraph	"A film packed full of moments (...) The film’s immense charm is mainly down to Roberts. This was the role that made her a megastar and she’s never been better"	POS
United States	Shelli Weinstein Variety	"Julia Roberts delivers a starmaking performance (...) Despite its obvious flaws, Garry Marshall’s sentimental pic hits the right emotional targets to shape up as a monster hit."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"At the time this neo-Cinderella was the ultimate guilty pleasure, though both the guilt and the pleasure have receded a little in the past two decades (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"[Roberts and Gere] have chemistry (...) The rare Hollywood movie that doesn’t just channel the culture but changes it."	POS
United States	Henry Sheehan The Hollywood Reporter	"A collection of smoothly written vignettes (...) The movie displays an almost preternatural disregard for women's feelings"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's the sweetest and most openhearted love fable since 'The Princess Bride' (...) It protects its fragile love story in the midst of cynicism and compromise (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Susan Wloszczyna IndieWire	"Seeing it again for the first time in 25 years, I found myself once again somehow utterly charmed"	POS
United Kingdom	Joanna Berry Radio Times	"A delightful romantic comedy (...) [Roberts and Gere] make the 'hooker falls for a millionaire in Beverly Hills' tale completely plausible (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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