The Women Page #5

Synopsis: Based on a very clever comedy by Claire Booth, wife of Time Publisher Henry Luce and later Ambassador to Italy. One of the surprises was an all-woman cast, novel in the 1930's. And although there were no men in the cast, most of the dialog was about them. The story is rather thin and depended on the fact that divorce, in the 1930's, was not only difficult but almost impossible in New York. Mrs. Stephen Haynes learns that her husband is seeing a salesgirl at Saks, and reluctantly divorces him, abetted by her friends, all of whom have romantic problems of their own. In the 1930's New York women who could afford it went to Nevada, where residency could be established quickly and divorce was relatively easy. The 1939 film, starring Norma Shearer, Paulette Goddard, Rosalind Russell, and Joan Crawford, was a hit. This one, with an even better looking cast, is definitely not, largely because someone tried to move a 1930's situation comedy into the present.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Diane English
Production: Picturehouse Entertainment
  4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.9
Metacritic:
27
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
PG-13
Year:
2008
114 min
$26,814,683
Website
3,384 Views


- What?

- Nothing.

Something.

I've gotta pee.

For the 10th time today.

I'll be right back.

- Edie.

- What, uh, are you doing?

I wasn't gonna say anything,

but now I have to.

Mary is like my sister.

I told you, Sylvie, I don't wanna know.

Oh, it's about Mary?

- This is in the vault, right?

- Vault.

- Stephen is having an affair.

- Oh, my God. How do you know?

The new manicurist at Saks told me.

He's fooling around with some woman

who works behind the perfume counter.

- The spritzer girl?

- Yeah, can you believe that?

What do you think she sells?

Chanel No. Sh*t?

So, what are you saying?

You wanna tell Mary?

Of course not, but she's talking

about having another baby.

Oh, this is very dangerous, Sylvie.

What if the story isn't true?

How much can you trust a manicurist?

Oh, they know everything.

Manicurists and florists.

It's frightening how much information

those people are carrying.

I don't think we should say anything.

It could come back to haunt us.

- The affair could be over for all we know.

- True.

Besides, I don't know anyone

who's gotten into trouble...

...for keeping their mouth shut.

I mean, I know things about my friends.

And I mean, things.

Me too.

- Cheap hand towels.

- Let's go.

Right.

Oh. I forgot to pee.

Hey!

- Oh, no.

- Thank you so much.

- Oh, everything was wonderful, Mary.

I must have the name of your caterer,

so yummy.

Oh. No, I made everything myself. I think

people appreciate the personal touch.

You cooked?

Oh, Mary, how could you?

What were you thinking?

Now we'll all have to do that.

And not all of us are you.

Anyway, congratulations

on a successful event.

Phone for you. It's him.

Bye.

Bye.

Hey, honey, they're almost gone.

It's safe to come home.

Since we're leaving

in the morning tomorrow...

...let's just eat out, and...

Stephen?

Ste...

Stephen,

it took forever to plan this trip...

...and we both really need a vacation.

Yeah, no, there has to be some way.

All right.

Okay, I'll call the travel agent.

I guess, uh, Venice will still be there.

When are you coming home?

Oh, okay, then I won't wait up.

All right, bye.

That goddamn office

is sucking the life out of him.

- Well, something definitely is.

- Sylvie.

Come on.

- We didn't mean to be listening in.

No, no, it's okay.

Thank you so much for coming.

It meant a lot to me.

Are you gonna be okay?

I would stay, but we carpooled.

I'm so sorry,

I've got the little ones at home.

No, no, I'm fine. I'm gonna be fine.

Okay.

Goddamn it.

Ned, you gotta back me on this.

It's time to stop talking down

to our readers.

That's the way CACHE is gonna distinguish itself.

You talk about branding the magazine.

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Diane English

Diane English (born May 18, 1948) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, best known for creating the television show Murphy Brown and writing and directing the 2008 feature film The Women. more…

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