Memorable, crazy movie

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I'd heard small bits about this film and mostly from its many admirers, so I was looking forward to checking it out myself. There is quite a bit to enjoy, the tight and often times witty dialogue, along with solid performances by an overall wonderful cast are definitely to this films credit. That the focus seems to be on the most negative female stereotypes and cliches is disappointing and does get a little tiring after a while. Despite some reservations I do think this film is worth checking out though.

2/28/18. While this was a National Film Registry pick, I just found it to be very dated and hard to get into. Women are not like this anymore, but then again, they do reflect the aspirations of and expectations for women of their time. Watch it if you are interested in what it's like to live in the '30s. Only Cinema can allow you to do that!

The Women is a hilariously funny movie. The cast includes all women who are all fabulous at playing their parts. Although only women play in this movie, it is all about men and the issues that these women have with men.Norma Shearer stars in this film as Mary Haines. She finds out that her husband is having an affair and is devastated. Although they end up getting a divorce and her husband ends up being unhappily married to a gold digger, Mary fights for Stephen and her true love for him.This is a fast paced movie which is sure to keep your interest. It is amazing how the camera is used throughout the movie and how fluent the cuts between the scenes are. This is a must see movie.

If there is something I wasn't entirely pleased with in this title is the actual lengths director George Cukor went to to avoid showing any male figure whatsoever during its whole plus-two hour long duration. I'm pretty certain that was due to him perhaps striving to be compliant with the play's own take in the story but, if anything, this decision of his has only contributed to the "staged stage" feeling (let's call it that) there is to it. Thanks to that decision, which in my humble opinion, doesn't do the acetate media it is on any favors, I, a proud cinema lover, was left with many questions which only detracted from the whole film watching experience per se, such as: Is it a comedy or a drama? Are we supposed to laugh or to be compassionate about Mary's roller-coaster-like plight she unfortunately goes through? When are the heinous false friends' masks finally going to fall and will they ever get what they deserve? Therefore, my rating it with 3 and half stars.But in the end, some of the excellent performances given by the likes of Russell, Shearer and why not, the young Weidler (who plays Little Mary), kinda saved the day - even more so when one thinks about how NOT so awfully bad the title has aged. Though the lush technicolor sequence, as gorgeous as it was, didn't help it in that department, (not due to he wardrobe, mind you, but actually the sheer amount of time it was dedicated to it).