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The Women

1939 · 133 min

A sharp, stylish comedy of manners where witty women dissect marriage and friendship with delicious bite and surprising heart.

Tagline
It's all about men!
Overview
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • friendship
  • love
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
George Cukor
Written by
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anita Loos, Jane Murfin, Donald Ogden Stewart
Starring
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Phyllis Povah
Music
David Snell, Edward Ward
Cinematography
Joseph Ruttenberg, Oliver T. Marsh
Runtime
133 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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