Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)

R

1994

2 hr. 12 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

24%

25 Reviews

Tomatometer

27%

5,000+ Ratings

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During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another. American television personality Kitty (Kim Basinger) unsuccessfully vies to keep up with the high-fashion types. Journalists Anne (Julia Roberts) and Joe (Tim Robbins) skip out on most of the festivities in favor of a hotel room tryst. And fading icons Sergei (Marcello Mastroianni) and Isabella (Sophia Loren) hope to rekindle a romance from decades ago.

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It's clearly trying to satire the fashion industry simliar to something like Nashville. But it never makes all these subplots into a cohesive narrative, despite some decent acting. The cinematography is ok. Some elements are a lot stronger than others such as the memorable setting, lavish location/sets, costumes, and it's quite colorful and pops. The camerawork is pretty decent as well. It keeps you interested just enough probably longer than it should through the meandering and flat humor (Dog Poop is the running gag). Eventually though the subpar pacing and editing start to show by the latter half of the second act and it just feels like it starts to really drag with no payoff. There are moments where the satire breaks through. The ending is pretty decent and probably the most though provoking scene, but the rest feels dragged out, bloated, and some story arcs it's not really clear what they contribute to the satire on fashion. Robert/Robbins fling doesn't really add anything, the mogul accidental death/love triangle doesn't really add much either and feels like they could've been cut completely. Although the acting is pretty decent in those scenes so its kind of a double edged sword. This is about 30-40 minutes too long overall. And the soundtrack is kind of a mess from 80's music, generic international tracks, and others that never really forms anything unique and just feels like a mess overall. This needed to trim out some story arcs and have better satire at the end of the day. I can't really recommend this to anyone even fans of the actors because there is so many that no one actor gets that much screentime. And Altman has done much better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/23

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Gareth v

It's hard to write a satire around an industry that does a pretty job of doing it organically. Poor effort all round.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/19/23

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Audience Member

Boring and lifeless.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/22

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steve d

unpleasant and not amusing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

When you have to force yourself not to daydream while watching a film, that's a huge sign of how uninteresting the film is. Pret-a-porter (Ready to wear) tries to be something and fails miserably. Thank the heavens for its excellent soundtrack.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

another winner from Roibert Altman

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Robert Altman

Director

Sophia Loren

Isabella de la Fontaine

Marcello Mastroianni

Sergei

Julia Roberts

Anne Eisenhower

Tim Robbins

Joe Flynn

Kim Basinger

Kitty Potter

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C-

Sep 7, 2011

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Ready to Wear is all appetizers: the main course never arrives. Still, the critical savagery puzzles me. Altman's movie may be indefensible, but it's not unenjoyable.

Aug 18, 2008

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Though it credits Mr. Altman and Barbara Shulgasser as writers, this film seems practically scriptless, to the point where much of it plays like a first rehearsal.

Rated: 1.5/5

May 17, 2004

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Hilary Mantel

The Spectator

You can't satirize industries that are inherently self-satirizing.

Aug 30, 2018

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

The spoof goes nowhere and takes a long time in doing so.

Rated: C+

Jul 19, 2011

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Michael Szymanski

Zap2it.com

Rated: 3/5

Oct 15, 2005

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Synopsis

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another. American television personality Kitty (Kim Basinger) unsuccessfully vies to keep up with the high-fashion types. Journalists Anne (Julia Roberts) and Joe (Tim Robbins) skip out on most of the festivities in favor of a hotel room tryst. And fading icons Sergei (Marcello Mastroianni) and Isabella (Sophia Loren) hope to rekindle a romance from decades ago.

Director: Robert Altman
Screenwriter: Barbara Shulgasser, Robert Altman
Production Co: Miramax
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.7M
Sound Mix: Surround

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