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Pretty Woman

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Pretty Woman (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 50 Fresh: 31  Rotten:19 Average Rating: 5.7/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Synopsis: While driving back to his Beverly Hills hotel, millionaire corporate raider Edward Lewis takes a wrong turn and ends up on Hollywood Boulevard, where he meets prostitute Vivian Ward. She steers him back to his hotel, charming him along the way, and he decides to hire her for the rest of the... While driving back to his Beverly Hills hotel, millionaire corporate raider Edward Lewis takes a wrong turn and ends up on Hollywood Boulevard, where he meets prostitute Vivian Ward. She steers him back to his hotel, charming him along the way, and he decides to hire her for the rest of the evening. In the morning, Edward realizes that he could use an escort for the week, so he hands Vivian $3000 to stay -- and sends her on a fantasy shopping spree. What begins as a purely business transaction develops into something more, but can a poor prostitute and a rich businessman really live happily ever after? [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Hector Elizondo, Jason Alexander, Ralph Bellamy

Director: Garry Marshall
Producer: Arnon Milchan, Steven Reuther
Screenwriter: J.F. Lawton
Composer: James Newton Howard

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 6, 2005

[DVD Details]
  • Pretty Woman: 15th Anniversary Special Edition
  • This 15th Anniversary celebration of PRETTY WOMAN is even more irresistible than ever with all-new, never-before-seen special features you'll love at first sight. Academy Award(R) Winner Julia Roberts (Best Actress, ERIN BROCKOVICH, 2000) is a spirited, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets a no-nonsense billionaire played by Golden Globe winner Richard Gere (Best Actor In A Motion Picture -- Musical Or Comedy, CHICAGO, 2002). It's a chance encounter that turns a weeklong business arrangement into a timeless rags-to-riches romance. This Special Edition will seduce you with all the comedy, charm, and passion you remember about this classic -- plus more!
  • Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
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    Gere and Roberts do good work, but this feelgood fantasy is laced with some preposterous messages about love, success and money.

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    04/09/08
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    Pic's casting is astute, with Gere underplaying like a sturdy ballet star who hoists the ballerina Roberts on his shoulders.

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    04/09/08
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    2.5/4

    Bound to offend prostitutes and millionaires everywhere, this flick is not the street-smart Pygmalion it desperately wants to be.

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    04/09/08
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    3/5

    Low on real social comment, this modern fable still has more than enough chemistry between its leading pair to rake in the box-office rewards.

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    04/09/08
    Toby Rose
    Empire Magazine
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    D

    It's saying Roberts' character becomes a better person when she lands a rich guy and learns to cry at the opera.

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    04/09/08
    Owen Gleiberman
    Entertainment Weekly
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    He pays her $3,000 and they fall in love -- ain't Hollywood grand?

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    04/09/08
    Jonathan Rosenbaum
    Chicago Reader
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    For a film that attempts to satirise snooty materialism, it focuses too pantingly on the designer labels, and comes down firmly on the side of 'rich is better'.

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    06/24/06
    Time Out
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    3/4

    Director Garry Marshall somehow lucked into a hit despite his oppressive 125-minute running time and excessive schmaltz.

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    05/26/06
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
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    04/25/06
    Cole Smithey
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    Plenty sappy and unrealistic but also a funny and dysfunctionally romantic charmer.

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    10/07/05
    Forrest Hartman
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    09/16/05
    Chuck O'Leary
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    4/5

    I’ve always loved this film, even though it is a class-A chick flick.

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    09/07/05
    Kevin Carr
    7M Pictures
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    4/5

    Gere and Roberts click as "John" and call girl destined for more romantic things.

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    09/05/05
    James Plath
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    As formulaic and push-button-y as it is, it still houses some truly enjoyable movie-star chemistry,

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    08/20/05
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    02/24/05
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    01/19/05
    Michael A. Smith
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    01/02/05
    Philip Martin
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    11/19/04
    Robin Clifford
    Reeling Reviews
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    3/5

    An emotionally appealing film that taps into our primal feelings about money, power, pleasure, shame, intimacy, and love as a redemptive power.

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    08/18/04
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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