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Behind Every Great Man, There Are Often Several Womennew

It is Frank Lloyd Wright's tumultuous romantic life that T.C. Boyle re-animates in his novel The Women: Wright married three times, rebuilt a house for each new love and lost a mistress to murderous fire.
Willamette Week  |  Matthew Korfhage  |  02-18-2009  |  Fiction

'The Women' Remake is Disjointednew

Director Diane English's remake of George Cukor's 1939 adaptation of Clare Boothe Luce's satiric play keeps the men almost literally out of the picture.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Wendy Ward  |  09-16-2008  |  Reviews

Ladies Who Lunch ... and a Little Botox for Dessertnew

Diane English's former, admirable body blows at the culture wars have been downgraded to "you go, girl"-isms and a tacit endorsement of plastic surgery.
Austin Chronicle  |  Kimberley Jones  |  09-12-2008  |  Reviews

First Shot: 'Burn After Reading'new

Everything's a movie these days, even stuff that isn't.
Orlando Weekly  |  Steve Schneider  |  09-12-2008  |  Reviews

'The Women': Ladies Lightnew

From Diane English, just another chick flick.
L.A. Weekly  |  Ella Taylor  |  09-12-2008  |  Reviews

'The Women' Misses the Mark

Piecemeal and earnest to a fault, this remake of George Cukor's 1939 film relies so much on the elite world of humorless, filthy rich New York women that it excludes most of its would-be target fans.
Maui Time  |  Cole Smithey  |  09-11-2008  |  Reviews

Too Bad Diane English's 'The Women' Remake is So Difficult to Watchnew

English's modern sarcasm is why The Women fails.
New York Press  |  Armond White  |  09-11-2008  |  Reviews

'The Women': The Vagina Dialoguesnew

Chick flick lacks girl power.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Curt Holman  |  09-10-2008  |  Reviews

'The Women': Shtick and the City

The Women attempts female fabulousness, only shallower and not as funny.
Salt Lake City Weekly  |  Scott Renshaw  |  09-08-2008  |  Reviews

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