Takes the Disney princess and puts her in the real world, creating a chick flick with a little bit of edge, a whole lot of heart and and even more chemistry between the film's two leads.
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02/17/09
Pretty Woman (1990)
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Reviews Counted:54
Fresh:33
Rotten:21
Average Rating:5.7/10
Synopsis: While driving back to his Beverly Hills hotel, millionaire corporate raider Edward Lewis takes a wrong turn and ends up on Hollywood Boulevard, where he meets prostitute Vivian Ward. She steers him... [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Hector Elizondo, Jason Alexander
Director: Garry Marshall
Reviews for Pretty Woman
Believing in love is swell and all, but maybe we're better off not buying the brand Pretty Woman is selling. [Blu-ray]
02/16/09
The movie itself, a modern update of the Cinderella story, is as contrived as you get--isn't that not-so-secretly what we want?--but at no point is Roberts' performance
02/14/09
This is old-fashioned, assembly-line moviemaking without the old panache.
02/03/09
Against all odds, the presence of the incomparable Julia Roberts makes this a damn enjoyable career-defining film for Garry Marshall, and a guilty pleasure for movie lovers.
01/31/09
Gere and Roberts do good work, but this feelgood fantasy is laced with some preposterous messages about love, success and money.
04/09/08
Pic's casting is astute, with Gere underplaying like a sturdy ballet star who hoists the ballerina Roberts on his shoulders.
04/09/08
Top CriticBound to offend prostitutes and millionaires everywhere, this flick is not the street-smart Pygmalion it desperately wants to be.
04/09/08
Low on real social comment, this modern fable still has more than enough chemistry between its leading pair to rake in the box-office rewards.
04/09/08
Top CriticIt's saying Roberts' character becomes a better person when she lands a rich guy and learns to cry at the opera.
04/09/08
He pays her $3,000 and they fall in love -- ain't Hollywood grand?
04/09/08
For a film that attempts to satirise snooty materialism, it focuses too pantingly on the designer labels, and comes down firmly on the side of 'rich is better'.
06/24/06
Director Garry Marshall somehow lucked into a hit despite his oppressive 125-minute running time and excessive schmaltz.
05/26/06
No review available.
04/25/06
Plenty sappy and unrealistic but also a funny and dysfunctionally romantic charmer.
10/07/05
No review available.
09/16/05
I’ve always loved this film, even though it is a class-A chick flick.
09/07/05
Gere and Roberts click as "John" and call girl destined for more romantic things.
09/05/05
As formulaic and push-button-y as it is, it still houses some truly enjoyable movie-star chemistry,
08/20/05
No review available.
06/06/05
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