THE WOMEN (2008)

THE WOMEN was made in 1939, when women were to men what hamburgers are to hot dogs: Inferior. In modern times, it's not uncommon for movies that are supposed to be about female power to end up being sexist. Especially those that are basically excuses for women to complain about men for 2 hours. It seemed like THE WOMEN 2008 was going to be like that (it came out the same year SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE did). It does starts out like that, but the direction of the story changes in a mature way. A woman named MARY HAINES separates from her husband after finding out that he's having an affair. At one point, she and the audience discover that she's also to blame for her marriage's problems. The movie is not that funny. I did laugh more than I did with the original version, but it didn't feel like the jokes had been better-written. I think I'm just more used to this style of humour.



Best bad movie

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