The Women

In our last class, we got to watch the beginning of The Women, a remake from the 1939 film which follows the gossip, bitchy, wisecracking, and overall disillusionment that erupt among a group of socialite friends when their dearest and most envied girlfriend learns of her husband's marital infidelity at the hands of a backstabbing shopgirl. It includes an all female cast and shows some of the common stereotypes that a group of women often have in the eyes of most people.The central character is clothing designer Mary Haines, who lives in a beautiful country home with her wealthy financier husband and their 11-year-old daughter. Her best friend Sylvie Fowler is the editor of a prominent fashion magazine, a woman who dictates the latest in taste and style for New York City fashionistas. When Mary's husband becomes involved with Crystal Allen, a perfume salesgirl in Saks Fifth Avenue, her friendship with Sylvie is put to the test. All of her friends want what is best for Mary, and at first were hesitant of telling her the big news. Turns out that she figures it out for herself, and when the movie left off, all of Mary's closets friends confront Crystal at her workplace and let her know that they are on to her wrongdoing.


This movie showcases the close friendships between women. It shows every side of a woman; from the emotional, to the caring, the bitchy and deceiving, and of course the gossip, it touches all the bases. These women in this movie depict what I think is ideal persona of a group of close female friends. They all have something unique to bring to the table, and they all see things differently, but they all can somehow gel together and get along like a family. Even though Mary's relationship is the one on the forefront of this movie, the others all have relationship problems of their own. The way they deal with their problems in the movie is dysfunctional and often pretty funny as they just can't keep their mouths shut and yell and talk over top of each other until they get everything off of their mind and out in the open. Im sure as the movie progresses it gets more interesting and in depth, but from what little I saw it seemed that the girls will do whatever it takes to get Mary back on the right track and make sure that Crystal gets what is coming to her.