Review: The Women

The Women is the ultimate representation of Filmist being casted by all women. This movie is about 4 powerful and unique women. All of these women have their own struggles but in the end of the movie they realize just how much WE women need each other.

The Women has had a long history of production from a screenplay to two versions of movies. The Women began as a 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce. Clare Luce would be out first Filmist as she was the first female ever to have an all women cast. This was unheard of during that time.

In 1939 George Cukor (who is not a woman) directed the updated film of The Women. Over 70 years later Diane English decided to take on this film as she written, produced, and directed this masterpiece.

This film had an impeccable cast of strong women. The main character Mary Haines was played by the beautiful Meg Ryan. Her best friends, Edie Cohen, Sylvie Fowler, and Alex Fisher where played by Debra Messing, Annette Bening, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Mary’s mother was played by the classical actress, Candice Bergen. Even the mistress, was played by the sexy Eva Mendes. All these women represent Filimist.

Dane English is the ultimate Filmist because she made this film a fair movie despite negative critics. Her dialogue was the best thing about this film. I loved how Dane specialized in relationships between women because many women are usually jealous and not supporting towards each other. The love that Mary and Sylvie share towards each other was touching, even when the two where angry at each other, they still managed to make things right. That represents real friendships.

Dane also touched on mother and daughter relationships, first with Mary and her daughter. Mary’s daughter was going through growing pains and Mary was trying to figure out how she could be there for her daughter and find herself as well. Mary and her own mother’s relationship was nurturing because they held each other up, and Mary’s mother was always there for her. One specific scene that touched me was when Mary went to visit her mother after she had a face-lift and she tells her, “Someday when I’m sitting here with my head in a helmet, I hope my daughter has as much love for me as I do for you.”

The Women had a few flaws as they overly played the adolescent teenager role for Mary’s daughter. Also Jada Pinkett didn’t do much justice to the film playing the lesbian friend. Other than that this film was touching and despite the low amount of money I would rate this a 4 out of 5 and I would crown the whole cast Filmist.