8 Women

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Alec B A great cast (obviously) and I appreciate the deliberate homage to mid-20th century melodrama. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/24 Full Review Audience Member It's surely a delight to see an ensemble of high profile thespians working together, and the blend of melodrama with dark-comedy and musical that doesn't take itself too seriously is also a high point, but overall the film lacks any form of consistence to be able to entertain for more than 30 minutes. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A great cast (obviously) and I appreciate the deliberate homage to mid-20th century melodrama. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Beautifully stylised and stuffed full with the best French actresses of several generations the film is first and foremost the celebration of these brilliant performers paying tribute to their careers and legacy. Therefore the artificiality of the story should not confuse you, it is not a plot-centred movie. It is a movie about beauty, as all of the Ozon's are. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Nope. Supposed to be a dark comedy, à la “Clue”, but has horrible musical interludes, terrible dialogue, lots of gratuitous cat-fighting and awkward gratuitous close lesbian inferences. Not funny, not intriguing, quite annoying. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/15/20 Full Review Audience Member I have to imagine that the target audience for 8 Women is remarkably small. There are so many genres thrown together that finding someone who enjoys them all is going to be tough. This movie is a family drama, a romantic drama, a murder mystery, a period piece, a chamber piece, a comedy, and a musical (there might be more genres in there but these are the most obvious.). Yet, even if the target audience is tiny, it seems I fit within that narrow demographic. I quite enjoyed 8 Women, because it kept getting more wacky as it went. There are movies where I am intrigued because I don’t know what the plot will do next, but this was a movie where I didn’t even know what the filmmakers would do next. For all I knew, we were mere minutes away from big space aliens walking into the room and abducting some of the women. I won’t say that 8 Women was totally successful at everything it tried, because I struggled with some aspects. The mystery never felt like one you could figure out yourself, instead they just kept layering on more and more reveals to make it clear everybody was hiding something. I also found the ending to be a bit frustrating. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I’ll say the reveal of the truth in the muder mystery was satisfying, but then there was a final twist that left me a bit sad instead of smiling like I had so much before that. Otherwise, I thought 8 Women was a delight. The vibrant colors in the costumes and sets were playful and fun, plus they worked well for the musical numbers. The actresses were all wonderful, and it was enjoyable to see a number of familiar faces in the cast. I won’t say 8 Women is perfect, but it’s weird how well it all works as a cohesive film. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/04/20 Full Review Read all reviews

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