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The Women

The Women

1939, Movie, 2h 13min

The memorable bon mots and caustic one-liners fly fast and furious in this delightfully acidic tale of gossiping, backstabbing, and romantic rivalry amongst a coterie of high-society women. Featuring a star-studded cast composed entirely of women—including Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine, and Paulette Goddard—this Production Code–skirting classic traces the scandal that erupts when a wealthy Manhattan housewife (Shearer) discovers her husband is having an affair with a shopgirl (Crawford). Though shot in black and white, the film bursts into Technicolor for an extended fashion-show sequence that luxuriates in the eye-popping designs of 1930s couture.

Country: United States

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Gertrude Astor,

Amzie Strickland

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9.0

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Critic Peter Bradshaw

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10

The single-sex approach gives this a unique flavour. It’s exhilaratingly funny.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic David Parkinson

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8

An early, classic manifestation of the chick flick if ever we saw one, it achieves everything it sets out to.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Roger Ebert

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8

The movie is a comedy, after all, and we're not looking for deep insights...

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Caroline Golum

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10

Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell are as sensational as ever in George Cukor’s classic Hollywood comedy.

Read full review at Little White Lies

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