The Women is a 2008 American comedy film written and directed by Diane English. The screenplay is an updated version of the George Cukor-directed 1939 film of the same name, which was based on a 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce.
In the original film, most of the characters were Manhattan socialites whose primary interest was idle gossip. In the 2008 version, several work in the fields of fashion design and publishing, and the character of Alex Fisher openly is a lesbian.
Plot: The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary’s man. Naturally, this situation becomes the hot talk amongst Mary’s catty friends, especially the scandalmonger Sylvia Fowler, who has little room to talk she finds herself on a train to Reno and headed for divorce right after Mary.
Box Office
Despite the mostly negative reviews, the film was a moderate box office success. On its opening weekend, the film earned $10,115,210, ranking #4 behind Righteous Kill, The Family That Preys, and Burn After Reading. The film eventually grossed $26,902,075 in the US & $21,786,726 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $48,688,801.
Cast
* Meg Ryan – Mary Haines
* Annette Bening – Sylvie Fowler
* Eva Mendes – Crystal Allen
* Debra Messing – Edie Cohen
* Jada Pinkett Smith – Alex Fisher
* Candice Bergen – Catherine Frazier
* Cloris Leachman – Maggie
* Bette Midler – Leah Miller
* Carrie Fisher – Bailey Smith
* Debi Mazar – Tanya
* Ana Gasteyer – Pat
* Lynn Whitfield – Glenda Hill
* Joanna Gleason – Barbara Delacorte
* Keegan Connor Tracy – Dolly Dupuyster
* India Ennenga – Molly Haines
