3.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Women (2008)
The Women (2008)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Race Swap: Yes
Viewer Rating
3.6
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film primarily focuses on apolitical themes of personal relationships, individual self-discovery, and friendship among women, without explicitly promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies or societal structures.
The movie incorporates visible racial diversity by casting minority actresses in prominent roles that were traditionally white in the source material. However, its narrative primarily centers on personal relationships and female solidarity, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making broader DEI themes central to its story.
Secondary
The 2008 film is an adaptation of the 1939 movie and 1936 play, both famously featuring an all-white cast. In the 2008 version, characters like Alex Fisher and Babe, originally portrayed by white actresses, are played by Black actresses Jada Pinkett Smith and Lynn Whitfield, respectively.
The film 'The Women' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is entirely centered on the lives, friendships, and romantic relationships of cisgender, heterosexual women, primarily dealing with issues of infidelity and female solidarity.
The film 'The Women' (2008) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore transsexual themes. Its narrative is entirely centered on the experiences and relationships of cisgender women.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2008 film "The Women" is a remake of the 1939 film, both based on a play that exclusively features female characters. All main characters in the 2008 adaptation maintain their original female gender from the source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.1
5.1
Critic Ratings
1.3
2.7
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