Good start, but then it gets ruined

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

The acting in this movie is really good.

If you just want to look at an array of stunning gowns, this will fulfill your expectations. The film isn't as boring as some of the reviews suggest and the female stars make it almost worthwhile, especially in the Reno scenes. (Is this a spoiler? Is there anyone who hasn't seen The Women?) All I could think while watching it was that June Allyson must have bought the rights as a personal vehicle, because she has all the songs, although not one of them is memorable. Why cast Ann Miller, Dolores Gray, Charlotte Greenwood, Sam Levene, and Joan Blondell and not provide them with even one number? Especially Gray and Miller. The adaptation never commits itself to being a musical, and instead sticks in a few songs (Dick Shawn has a solo?) that don't further the plot but stop it dead. The Women is actually moving at times, despite its dated cattiness, but this skates by too superficially to make you care.

This is a very good remake of The Women by MGM. There is as much to like in it, if not more, than the original. For a few good reasons:First, this version works because of the musical numbers. June Allyson has inherited the Norma Shearer role. She proves, with the exception of Janet Leigh, that she is the studio's perfect type for this sort of part. She gives it an added flair, due to her abilities as a dancer.Second, the film works because it has Joan Collins, on loan from 20th Century Fox, in the old Joan Crawford role. Miss Collins definitely resembles Miss Crawford, and she is a logical successor here. But third, and most of all, this version works because it includes the men. Besides the music and the talented female leads, it gives us Leslie Nielsen as Stephen, the guy who finds himself caught between Allyson and Collins. What an enviable position that is to be in.

This is one of my favorite movies since I was a kid. The bad reviews it gets here blow my mind. The cast was excellent in my opinion and the adding of the men unlike "The Woman" is great to me. Leslie Nielson is crazy hot and so is the guy who plays Buck. Also Joan Collins is indescribably hotter than Joan Crawford as Crystal Allen and fits the part perfect. Another question for me is who doesn't think June Allyson is adorable and The Countess is wonderful?? This is obviously one of those movies that you should see for yourself and make your own opinion because they vary drastically from person to person. Me my two sisters, my mother & my Grandmother have loved this movie our whole lives!! The remake of The Woman most recently (2008) is what was ridiculous and not worth watching, I mean they made The Countess a pothead and they wrote Meg Ryans part as just a pathetic female with no life or goals!!! Now thats a sad reproduction!!!

I saw this movie only a few days ago on TCM. I thought the women were wonderful. I'm an especially fond of Dalores Gray, did I say fond, I'm in love; she is fantastic looking and what a voice, although it is not used in this picture, except over the titles. Agnes Moorehead is also a looker. I seem to go for the hard faced type. June Allyson as the lead is not very good, compared to the other women including Ann Miller she is dull. The outfits the women wear are are great yet so implausible. In every scene, a different dress, this film is more a fashion parade of the 50's, than a true musical. Jeff Richards plays the cowboy flirt well and has a song of his own although I not sure if his own voice is used. But for me this movies main delight is Dalores Gray. I am surprised how few films she made, yet in each she made an outstanding impact. I didn't realize just how long Jone Collins has been around. I thought she played the gold digger perfectly. www.basildoneye.com