Fresh
A film that deserves to be seen (or seen again).
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
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The Women
Overview
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Director and cast
- George Cukor Director
- Norma Shearer as Mrs. Stephen Haines (Mary)
- Joan Crawford as Crystal Allen
- Rosalind Russell as Mrs. Howard Fowler (Sylvia)
- Mary Boland as The Countess De Lave
- Paulette Goddard as Miriam Aarons
- Phyllis Povah as Mrs. Phelps Potter (Edith)
- Joan Fontaine as Peggy Day
- Lucile Watson Cast
- Virginia Weidler Cast
- Marjorie Main Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The catty banter and Wildean aphorisms (some of them contributed by Anita Loos) are delivered with impeccable timing by a cast only MGM could have mustered.
Ted Shen, Chicago Reader
Fresh
[Cukor is] at his best with a cast that includes Rosalind Russell, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Hedda Hopper, Ruth Hussey, Paulette Goddard, and Joan Fontaine.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Picture however holds passages that slow movement down to a walk.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A more eccentric film than the following year's The Philadelphia Story, with which it shares a couple of faces, it's almost as fabulous.
Time Out
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