This forced, charmless multi-character movie pretends to show women in all their glorious variety, but it really just traffics in the same old cliches.
Women in Trouble (2009)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:3
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.2/10
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content including strong dialogue, and for language.
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Nov 13, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: From acclaimed writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez comes an outrageous, genre-bending, multi-layered comedy about one day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women - including a porn star, a... From acclaimed writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez comes an outrageous, genre-bending, multi-layered comedy about one day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women - including a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender and a pair of call girls -- all with one thing in common: trouble. Carla Gugino ("Sin City") stars as Elektra Luxx, a world-famous porn star whose future is thrown for a loop with the news that she's pregnant and Adrianne Palicki ("Friday Night Lights") is Holly Rocket, a not-too-bright adult industry newcomer with an inconvenient aversion to girl-girl action. Their paths intersect with, among others, a hilariously suave British Rock Star (Josh Brolin), a bright neurotic with a dark past (Connie Britton, "Friday Night Lights") and a call girl with a tricky client (Emmanuelle Chriqui, "Entourage"). The talented cast also includes Marley Shelton (“Grindhouse”), Simon Baker (“The Mentalist”), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt ('500 Days Of Summer"). WOMEN IN TROUBLE had its premiere at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. --© Screen Media [More]
Starring: Carla Gugino, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Adrianne Palicki, Marley Shelton
Starring: Carla Gugino, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Adrianne Palicki, Marley Shelton, Connie Britton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Simon Baker, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Josh Brolin, Sarah Clarke, Isabella Gutierrez, Caitlin Keats, Rya Kihlstedt, Cameron Richardson
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Screenwriter: Sebastian Gutierrez
Producer: Sebastian Gutierrez
Composer: Robyn Hitchcock
Studio: Screen Media
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Reviews for Women in Trouble
Women in Trouble has sleeper written all over it and a sequel is already in the works.
Mr. Gutierrez, as suggested by all the décolletage, appears to be a breast man. Too bad he didn’t set his sights higher.
Unlikely accidents, shared secrets and zany twists combine to whip up a pleasing froth.
The attractive cast, notably the earthy Gugino, tries hard to invest the one-note characters with a degree of humanity, but are betrayed at every turn by the thin material.
This exuberantly uninhibited indie has the anything-goes spirit of something tossed off in a single burst of collaborative energy.
Gutierrez's script can't supply female characters as believable as Almodovar's, but in the director's chair he gives his cast room to compensate with funny, self-aware performances.
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