The sum of the movie’s parts amounts to a starstruck director entertaining himself more than he entertains us.
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09/19/02
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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
Ozon finds women aesthetically pleasing, but has no desire to get close.
09/19/02
Tries way too hard to be cute.
09/18/02
Offers as much delicious enjoyment to the viewer as it obviously did to the cast and crew when they were assembling it.
09/18/02
Top CriticBut while he reduces them to moving Barbie dolls, Ozon clearly loves his women. Or, as much as a catty drag queen can.
09/11/02
Enjoins eight of France's finest actresses in a giddily amusing Agatha Christie-style whodunit.
09/04/02
Gorgeous actresses and visuals abound, as do witty and biting dialogue and ever more outrageous twists and revelations.
09/03/02
One can't imagine the Meg Ryan remake of The Women, in lieu of which this film was made, being half as much fun.
08/31/02
Simplistic, standard two hours of non-intellectually stimulating amusement.
08/29/02
The genre-bender of the year is intermittently involving.
08/26/02
A brilliant pastiche on so many genres, it has no right to be as entertaining as it is, or as gripping.
08/20/02
This unique confection from one of the country's most gifted and prolific young filmmakers is sheer, outlandish fun.
08/17/02
...a través de la canción, los personajes hablan de su verdadero sentir o de su estado de ánimo, un monólogo profundo pero en pleno toque cómico...
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