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So here's The Women trailer that was playing with Sex And The City over the weekend. I find it funny, but I'd redo it to appeal more to the psychographic of SATC's two-quadrant audience. (Did you notice that the main lyrics to the Duffy song "Mercy" on the soundtrack of the trailer for The Women were: "Why won't you release me... I'm begging you for mercy"?) I've found out that The Women's budget was only $16.5 million, not the $18 million previously circulating. Wow, that's cheap. As I reported yesterday, Warner Bros is now going to "take another look" at marketing and distributing it in wide release: (See my previous post: Why Won't Warner Embrace 'The Women'? Or Will It? And What Other Female Film Isn't Getting Love There?
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Looks funny!
Sorry, it looks absolutely awful to me.
I don’t doubt there’s misogyny in Hollywood. But if we’re going to combat it, we’re going to have to do better than this.
it acutally looks better then the satc movie..which…sorry..wasn’t all that good, don’t you think???? (except for the dearly missed ladies)btw: i got this in my mail today… (in german, cause i am a german journalist), basically just a veryvery early ad for “the women..”
so i guess, they do take your advice…
Männer kommen und gehen. Was du brauchst,
sind gute Freundinnen…
Mit den größten Schauspielerinnen Hollywoods hochkarätig besetzt, kommt im Dezember die Verfilmung der legendären New Yorker Gesellschaftskomödie in die deutschen Kinos:
THE WOMEN
Mit: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Jada Pinkett Smith, Debra Messing,
Candice Bergen und Bette Midler
Regie: Diane English
Produzenten: Victoria Pearman, Mick Jagger, Bill Johnson, Diane English
Drehbuch: Diane English basierend auf dem Broadway-Stück “The Women” von
Clare Boothe Luce
Was würden Sie tun, um sich an Ihrem Ehemann zu rächen?
Sylvie Fowler (ANNETTE BENING) ist die etwas aufgedrehte und ständig gestresste Herausgeberin eines New Yorker Fashion-Magazins. Eines Tages trifft sie fast der Schlag, als ihr bei der Maniküre eine geschwätzige Kosmetikerin verrät, dass die Parfümverkäuferin und Nachwuchs-Aktrice Crystal Allen (EVA MENDES) eine Affäre mit dem erfolgreichen Börsenmakler Stephen Haines hat. Dieser ist ausgerechnet der Ehemann von Sylvies bester Freundin, der perfektionistischen Society-Lady Mary Haines (MEG RYAN). Bald weiß von diesem Skandal ganz New York und die Gerüchteküche brodelt. Als Mary schließlich selbst erfährt, dass ihr scheinbar perfekter Ehemann eine Affäre hat, bricht für sie eine Welt zusammen. Aber dank der vielleicht nicht immer ganz angebrachten Hilfe ihrer Freundinnen holt Mary schon bald zum Gegenschlag aus…
Kinostart: 11. Dezember 2008 im Verleih der Constantin Film
Wow. Tired.
But I do think it’s only fair that women should also get to have awful movies aimed at the lowest common denominator of their demo group to throw their money away on as well. Huzzah!
Sorry, Nikki but that does not look funny to me. It sounds like re-hashed dialogue from an 80’s sitcom.
I’ve read somewhere (don’t remember exactly) that after the triumph of March of the Penguins someone asked an insider in Hollywoodland what the effect of this triumph would be on the industry. And the analyst answered: “I guess there will be more movies with penguins”.
The film has to cross 32 million dollars roughly to be considered profitable. On 2000 screens, they would have to have 1600 movie goers see the movie over the run of the release. Average first run in a theater, say 3 weeks 4 showings a day, that’s a total of 84 screenings. That means they have to average just 19 women a showing.
That isn’t even counting all the other ancillary markets the bean counter was talking about.
This film is set to for release in September, when the kids are all back in school. You can beat those odds with just the house wives of America. If the CEO of WB is reading this, the math is undeniable, if you staff can’t see that. They need to be fired! Furthermore if anyone asked you if you’re in the film business, just say no…
You should hire me, Nikki has the E-mail, ask her for it.
i laugh at all the naysayers saying SEX will drop significantly. it made almost 6 million yesterday and yesterday was a monday. not bad. ZOHAN should be so lucky. it ain’t going anywhere. bring on THE WOMEN!
This is what you’ve been crowing about the last few days? It looks horrible, and as a piece of a promotional material the only thing it advertises is plastic surgery (and it doesn’t do a very good job of it either).
As much as I wanted to support the marketing of this movie, if it’s anything like this awful trailer then I think it’s a lost cause.
The fact that it’s nothing like the original movie (which is great) isn’t the problem nor that it’s target audience is mainly women. This just isn’t funny. Yes, I’m a straight male but I enjoyed Friends With Money and Lovely and Amazing, both smart and funny films. This movie, however, looks tired, patronizing and filled with cliches. Come on, “my water just broke?” A woman screaming while in labor? How many times has that bit been done? Women kvetching over a younger temptress? Hoary. “That square thing with the fire coming out of it is a stove.” A joke right out of Three’s Company. In fact, EVERY joke in the trailer can be traced back to some sit-com from the Witt-Thomas era.
Never mind the question of releasing this limited or wide. Put it out of its misery and dump it on home video.
That looks shrill, and annoying.
Also, the budget, whether it’s 16.5mm or 18mm, is irrelevant. It’s been spent. Warner’s only concern going forward is P&A, and frankly, the last Meg Ryan starring indie they went out with, “In the Land of Women,” underperformed.
Perhaps I’ll be proven wrong when this gets a limited release in a few months, but it seems silly to point fingers at Warner’s supposedly machismo leadership based on a film of questionable quality and financial potential.
Also, “Spring Breakdown” looks terrible. Just terrible.
I think of myself as a girl-next-door kind of girl — and this movie looks hilarious. If the studio suits don’t know how to market this movie, then they obviously don’t have enough women working for them. There should be more movies like this that speak to women 35+ and that showcase the talents of female actors.
I know I’m not the target demo but that looks like a TV movie to me.
And if there’s a mistake being made with The Women it is opening it up against Tyler Perry (not to mention Pacino/DeNiro). They should move it up a week and go against Bangkok Dangerous and Passengers.
I guess we’ll just have to wait for the big screen version of The Golden Girls.
I LIKED IT! It looks funny! It’s like a White Tyler Perry movie. Very deconstructive. I’d go see it. I liked the “you better drag her ass into the vault” line. I’m so sick of those anti-women “comedies” from the latest “hot” male comedians I’d go see anything that was half good with women in it. Including a white sale at Penny’s.
I think this movie came out in 1996 under the title “The First Wives Club.” Some of the scenarios in this trailer look like they’re ripped from the latter film.
They should have spent a few million more on hair, makeup and lighting. Annette Benning looks like a Thai transvestite and Deborah Messing looks like some rats built a nest on top of her head. I have honestly seen home movies with better cinematography.
“Sorry, Nikki but that does not look funny to me. It sounds like re-hashed dialogue from an 80’s sitcom.”
Very accurate description. I’m a woman, and I kept waiting for the “hilarious” bits to kick in, and they never did.
I like it!
Could it be that the trailer itself is wretched? I have seen great films where the trailer was just bad, and seen great trailers where the movie was just so-so. Sex&TheCity was just such a trailer. GREAT trailer. Movie, not so much. But better than the shoot ‘em up male demo nonsense where the writing is not there, just violence flipping, spinning and FXing.
I’m not a movie insider or anything, a middle-aged woman next door if you will, and I thought the trailer for The Women was hilarious. I have never been a SATC fan so I won’t go see that movie, but I’d see The Women, absolutely.
Diane English could have had this movie shot and released way back in the mid-90s if she had ponied up a tiny bit of her mega-millions from “Murphy Brown.”
It doesn’t look great, it doesn’t look horrible. But it can make money if it’s marketed well, just like any mediocre movie with a mostly-male cast.
I like movies, but I’m tired of movies about men. I think I’ve seen men in every situation they can possibly be seen in. I want to see movies with women in them. For that reason alone, I’ll pay money to see this. For that reason alone, this is refreshing.
That trailer was PAINFUL.
I’m a 39 year old woman and I’m embarrassed to work in this industry if THAT is the crap that THE WOMEN was turned into.
Why can’t women write decent roles for women?
“I find it funny..” I agree
Well – from a male pov, (not that anyone here cares), the trailer looks just dreadful. I did show it to my wife – and she had no interest in even putting it in our netflix que for when it is released on DVD. I am a guy who definitely will see and enjoy chick flix, but this won’t be one of them. SATC – at least the TV show, had pizazz, it was sharp, witty, and had spice. This just looks like an “over-the-hill woe-is-us women’s men-suck club” movie. Honestly, nothing at all excited me about it – except that Meg Ryan, even after whatever she did to her face, still appeals to me somewhat, but nowhere near the way she did way back – sleepless in seattle / when Harry met Sally, etc. I am rambling, but this trailer literally put me to sleep.
I AM AN AVID FAN OF THE ORIGINAL MOVIE
I,VE SEEN IT UMPTEEN TIMES
I THINK COMMENT BY TOM IS RIGHT
FROM THE TRAILER I JUST SAW, THIS MOVIE SHOULD GO STRAIGHT TO VIDEO.
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?
SUCH WONDERFUL ACTRESSES IN SUCH A THIN SREENPLAY.
WELL THEY’VE GOT UNTIL THE FALL TO FIX IT.
Actually as a normal fan of movies and television, this doesn’t look half bad. Kinda funny, and who doesn’t love a good cat fight. Frankly it looks better than SATC
I would go see this movie…
The executives really need to pull their head out of their asses and see the light. This movie if promoted right could make them money….
You’ve got to be kidding. Sex and the City had a built-in fan base. It did well because it’s “cool” with the younger generation. Nothing about these old jokes or old broads is cool in the slightest way.
Do any of the women have superpowers?
Not a young person, a fan of chick lit, nor of SiTC, but this trailer is a hoot. I’d go check this out.
“Pharmaceuticals.” ahahah!
Why the venom, folks? This movie looks very entertaining, and has a top-notch cast. Don’t judge a film on a 2-minute trailer. These gals know comedy (although I can do w/o Jada), and we need only look at the success of Golden Girls to realize that there is a vast market for veteran actress TV shows and films. I’d much rather watch these “old pros” deliver lines than the bimbos Hollywood is spewing at us these days.
WB, it’s decisions like this–your withholding the film–that are causing your demise. Time to get with the times, find some blood that can evaluate good projects…esp. when you’ve already MADE the freakin’ flick!
Well it might not be the original ‘The Women’ that I know and love but I think this will play quite well with women in flyover land (i.e. not NYC or LA) and with women over 30 (and especially with women who are near senior citizens or senior citizens). It doesn’t have to be very good because these markets are currently so underserved the audience will make the effort and go see something targeted to them. To me that says more about how the biz is clueless than the taste and sophistication of people outside Hollywood or NYC or of older ladies.
If I had been Diane English and the powers that be in Hollywood I would not have called this film ‘The Women’ because, seriously how could you top Clair Booth Luce, George Cukor and all the legendary stars in the original?
It makes ZERO sense for a movie with this much talent and the success of Sex and the City and more likely mamma mia — that this should get a platform release. COME ON. This just shows how much discrimination does happen in hollywood and more women should be outraged
Well, hmmm. I didn’t find the trailer to be awful, but it only elicited a weak chuckle or two. Poor trailer? Maybe. But with a dialogue and situation based comedy, your trailer is usually made up of particularly clever highlights. Hopefully the highlights shown were not the sum of the funniest bits, but I suspect otherwise. I doubt I’ll ever bother to watch it, unless it is many months from now and there is nothing else on cable and I ran out of books and I can’t get out of the house and I don’t need a nap and I don’t feel like cleaning or doing laundry.
It’s looks good. Better than some of the dreck getting wide releases. Did we really need “The Ruins” added to our cultural lexicon?
To the person surprised at the “venom”, I think some of us were expecting to see a funny trailer after Nikki built this movie up as the second coming of female driven films. Clearly, it’s not. It feels as dated as a Dan Quayle joke from Murphy Brown.
Hasn’t this project been bounced around for over 12 years? I feel like I’ve heard about this forever from all my gay studio friends who couldn’t wait for the remake.
Agreed, I didn’t find it funny or much of anything …except- it’s almost novel to see women over the age of fetus for a change. Now if we could see a few that wear a size 8+ THAT would be truly different.
Absolutely dire, except for the Candace Bergen bit. The childbirth scene looks about as funny as root canal.
The point is not whether this looks good, it’s the fact that even atrocious comedies starring male movie stars always get wide distribution. I can’t think of a single example of when that wasn’t the case. I also happen to think this looks funny (I am a 25 year old woman). The excuse that studios usually use in cases like this is that women don’t go to the theaters enough to make their movies into hits, but they did with SATC. So what’s the problem? I mean, at least that is how I interpreted “what you’ve been crowing about the last few days” — to quote another commenter who, despite his (or her, but his) name, is not quite “speechless” enough.
I just wanted to say that I will definitely go and see this movie with my girlfriends. It does look like it’s going to be a cute movie. I have been a huge fan of the original movie since I was a little girl (i’m 30 now)My mom got me hooked and I got my girlfriends hooked on that version too, so I think they will like this one too.
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As for the comment left from “Tom” (and the other writers as well)…I’m not sure if you have all seen the original version, but this trailer seems pretty close to it. The old jokes paying a lil’ homage to the old jokes in the old version. “the white square..blah blah..stove” is the same kind of banter that the perfume girls gave in the old one and “the water broke” joke; yes, we’ve heard it alot, but guess what? She’s a female, and that happens to us when it’s time for baby. Just like anything else we do. How about when we watch a ton of movies about car chases and cops etc.? Those are all the same too. It’s the movies. So what. Just go out and have a great time at the movies or don’t. Who cares.
It always seems like when a movie is different than the original, people critique it for being different, and when they make it spot on, people critique it for being too much of the same. If you don’t like the trailer or a movie why write about it? Seems like alot of wasted time and energy to me. I know I will go out and enjoy it with my girlfriends, and have a great dinner and great drinks and make a wonderful evening out of it. So hey, a night out is a night out.
Thanks for showing the trailer. I never saw it in theatres during my SATC Previews, so I got to see it here. Thank you!
It’s a remake. It was done in 1939 with Joan Crawford and again in as a musical in 1956 under the title “The Opposite Sex” with June Allyson and Joan Collins.