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(1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 9% Rotten Page   1   "'The Women' entertained me much more than I expected it would, especially after seeing those dreadful previews."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker C "The performances shine, but the rest of this mediocre travelogue of feminine foibles is given the blunt-force treatment, draining the material of deserved big-screen acidity."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "Diane English's version of "The Women" barely nudges from its Martha Stewart interiors, exchanging insights for platitudes. It's a cup of lukewarm tea, without even a biscuit on the side."   PopMatters   Chris Barsanti 1/5 "No cliché, no matter how it screams and pleads for mercy, makes it out of this baby untapped."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin C- "Piecemeal and earnest to a fault, this remake of George Cukor's 1939 film relies so much on the elite world of humorless, filthy rich New York women that it excludes most of its would-be target fans."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 2/4 "The original version of The Women, shrill and campy as it can be, is miles ahead of this remake when it comes to issues of class and social maneuvering."   Slant Magazine   Dan Callahan 2/4 "The picture's 14-year path to fruition should have taken a fifteenth in order to get the kinks in the script worked out."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman D "If you changed the names and added an Irving, this could be the movie version of 'Cathy,' with women trying on bathing suits and saying 'Ack!'"   Cinematical   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Lame and saturated in the dour makeup of an afternoon soap opera, The Women is a transparent chick flick standing on its shaky high heels without much support."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C- "Compared to the deliciously catty 1939 film, this one seems not so much updated as, if not neutered, definitely declawed."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/5 "Trite and boring portrait of rich and self-absorbed women."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat D "A woman's not an animal! She's a pair of shoes!"   The L Magazine   Henry Stewart 2.5/4 "English has shown herself to be an adept, perceptive, and at times funny writer, but too little of that is on display here."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/4 "Messy construction, trite themes and an endless parade of verbal chestnuts."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth C- "...this doesn't feel so much a modernization as a defanging plus pandering to the "Sex and the City" crowd (the film introduces the large cast by their shoes, ferchrissakes)."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 1/4 "How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways…"   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "If I hadn't known this was written and directed by a woman, I'd have sworn it was the mean-spirited invention of a man who doesn't know any women but despises us all anyway, on general principle."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson B- "Soft-focus but high-gloss, substituting empowerment for devotion. It is entertaining but it has a bitter aftertaste."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 2.5/5 "At least the actors are strong enough to keep us engaged, and they deliver their lines impeccably, from the spicy comedy to the teary drama."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 3/10 "The most disappointing aspect of The Women is how few laughs it delivers."   Playback:stl   Sarah Boslaugh 3/10 "It seems like cinematic sacrilege to compare Diane English's disappointing contemporary drivel with George Cukor's still-hilarious 1939 original."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 4/10 "While there are many ways in which it falls short of its predecessor the fact that it possesses, arguably, a more retrograde view of gender roles...is probably the most depressing."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 9% Rotten Page   1