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8 Women (2002)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:87
Rotten:24
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Featuring some of the best French actresses working today, 8 Women is frothy, delirious, over-the-top fun.
Theatrical Release:Sep 20, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $3,006,423
Synopsis: From French director Francois Ozon, 8 WOMEN is a character drama and musical set in a country home during Christmastime in the 1950s. Though the atmosphere seems light and festive, when the host,... [More]
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart, Danielle Darrieux
Director: Francois Ozon
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Reviews for 8 Women
It is our awareness that five of the brightest French stars have come together to have fun that makes the picture bubble.
10/08/02
Top CriticThe movie finds a spiritedness in its characters so likeable that it's nearly impossible to take the misogynist conclusion seriously.
10/07/02
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10/05/02
Unfortunately, 8 Women falls short of Sirk’s standard.
10/05/02
All clearly had a grand time, whooping it up as over-the-top characters.
10/04/02
Although dramatically contained and almost stifling, 8 Women comes to life through each actress' pleasurable performance.
10/04/02
Visually, it adores the women it introduces. Emotionally and intellectually, it mocks them.
10/04/02
Top CriticFor French film fans, this is the equivalent of Bob Dylan, the surviving Beatles and the Rolling Stones jamming in the studio with an adoring producer behind the glass.
10/04/02
Top CriticThe acting is such a delight, with each actress nailing her respective personality type with appropriate flair and finesse, that it breathes with life.
10/04/02
Top CriticWeightless entertainment that's both camp and true.
10/04/02
Top CriticWhat's more fun than a barrel of monkeys? 8 women and a dead French guy trapped in a snowstorm.
10/04/02
It's more of a graduate seminar kind of fun than a Singin' in the Rain kind of fun.
10/03/02
Top CriticThe line between wacky offbeatness and just plain silliness is sadly crossed a few too many times.
10/02/02
Beautifully constructed, unexpectedly touching, and gorgeous to behold, it's a swirling kaleidoscope of murder, intrigue, and musical numbers that cinematic bon vivants will eagerly devour.
10/02/02
Simply to name the eight actresses ... is to indulge in an iconic incantation that has less to do with traditional film criticism than with spiritual speculation on the eloquent intimations of immortality in the ageless cinema of faces.
10/02/02
Top CriticMost of the fun of 8 Women is that it is cliche.
10/02/02
Combining the traditions of the English country house murder mystery and the 1960s musical, 8 Women is nutty French fun.
10/01/02
[Francois] Ozon creates a retro film that resonates with qualities and concepts that harkens back to the 50’s and 60’s.
09/30/02
This Ozon comes much closer to the nasty little prankster that I liked so much with Sitcom.
09/27/02
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