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Pretty Woman may be a yuppie fantasy, but the film's slick comedy, soundtrack, and casting can overcome misgivings.
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The movie's most outrageous high-concept moment - the stretch limo, private jet, opera - is pure camp. Feb 5, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The movie's most outrageous high-concept moment - the stretch limo, private jet, opera - is pure camp.
Peter Bradshaw
[T]here's nothing light about this movie's comic touch. Feb 5, 2019 | Full Review…
[T]here's nothing light about this movie's comic touch.
Jay Boyar
The Roberts smile - full-lipped, a mile wide and gleaming - is the closest the movies have yet come to capturing sunshine. Such dazzle should not be taken lightly. Feb 5, 2019 | Full Review…
The Roberts smile - full-lipped, a mile wide and gleaming - is the closest the movies have yet come to capturing sunshine. Such dazzle should not be taken lightly.
Peter Travers
The movie displays an almost preternatural disregard for women's feelings - call it Pygmalion, with a heavy accent on the first syllable - but the comedy is so slickly delivered that audiences may be content with chuckling over its polished surface ... Mar 23, 2017 | Full Review…
The movie displays an almost preternatural disregard for women's feelings - call it Pygmalion, with a heavy accent on the first syllable - but the comedy is so slickly delivered that audiences may be content with chuckling over its polished surface ...
Henry Sheehan
It's all fairly unconvincing - but its heart is roughly in the right place. Feb 16, 2010 | Rating: 3/5
It's all fairly unconvincing - but its heart is roughly in the right place.
Derek Malcolm
This is old-fashioned, assembly-line moviemaking without the old panache. Feb 3, 2009 | Full Review…
This is old-fashioned, assembly-line moviemaking without the old panache.
Richard Corliss
Originally meant to be a serious drama (called $3,000) about a man buying a prostitute for the night, this turned into a delightful romantic comedy in the hands of director Garry Marshall and sent the career of star Julia Roberts into the stratosphere. Feb 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Originally meant to be a serious drama (called $3,000) about a man buying a prostitute for the night, this turned into a delightful romantic comedy in the hands of director Garry Marshall and sent the career of star Julia Roberts into the stratosphere.
Jo Berry
Despite its cornball attributes-maybe because of them-this is a sweetheart of an old-fashioned romantic comedy. Feb 5, 2019 | Full Review…
Despite its cornball attributes-maybe because of them-this is a sweetheart of an old-fashioned romantic comedy.
Ralph Novak
But in the end, what's most ridiculous about the film isn't the lack of realism. Feb 5, 2019 | Full Review…
But in the end, what's most ridiculous about the film isn't the lack of realism.
Laura Halferty
The message is plain: Men, especially rich men, have all the power. So be sure to do what they tell you, and maybe they'll treat you nicely. Feb 5, 2019 | Full Review…
The message is plain: Men, especially rich men, have all the power. So be sure to do what they tell you, and maybe they'll treat you nicely.
David Sterritt
Between a woman who sells her body and a man who sells shares there is no difference: There was no greater example of postmodernity than this. [Full Review in Spanish] Feb 5, 2019 | Full Review…
Between a woman who sells her body and a man who sells shares there is no difference: There was no greater example of postmodernity than this. [Full Review in Spanish]
Pablo Muñoz
The soundtrack, including the Roy Orbison classic that gave the movie its name, is bopping, and the pacing is breezy. Gere is charismatic, and he and Roberts have a subtle chemistry, a complicity that you want to share. Jul 23, 2018 | Full Review…
The soundtrack, including the Roy Orbison classic that gave the movie its name, is bopping, and the pacing is breezy. Gere is charismatic, and he and Roberts have a subtle chemistry, a complicity that you want to share.
Anne Cohen
Even if completely unrealistic, it is easy to enjoy this delightful little Cinderella story that works so well thanks to the chemistry between the two leads and the delicious dialogue, while Julia Roberts puts in a very adorable performance.
Super Reviewer
This is a great romcom that is a classic even till this day! I believe it was one of Roberts major breakthrough films and i think we can see why! Its a lovely romcom that is enjoyable to watch and smile with! Very much worth the watch!
classic story
Julia Roberts before the edge set in, there is a slight ironic innocence in her earlier acting. A nostalgic watch, despite the highly unrealistic storyline and (at the time) it's accused glamourisation of prostitution. Some enjoyable moments to rewatch though and this is a film that does what it's supposed to, it's easy watching, taken with a pinch of salt, with a fairy tale ending.
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