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Pretty Woman tagline: Who knew it was so much fun to be a hooker?
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| IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 out of 57,147 votes |
“Pretty Woman” Movie Review
“Pretty Woman” Plot Summary
A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets… only to fall in love.
A winning romantic comedy.
Garry Marshall may not be the most interesting director working in Hollywood, but his movies are definitely entertaining, and in that sense he is successful. Perhaps his two greatest films, which also are the ones he’ll most likely be remembered for, are ‘Beaches’ and ‘Pretty Woman’. One of the most commercially successful (almost $500m worldwide!!) romantic comedies of all time,’Pretty Woman’ is a charming modern day fairy tale that works largely in part to the phenomenal on-screen chemistry between its two stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. In an Academy Award nominated performance as Vivian Ward, Julia Roberts truly shines. Her screen presence is nothing short of radiating, not to mention she’s a highly skilled comedic actress. The film also owes a lot to its equally strong supporting performances from Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo and Hector Elizondo. All cliches aside, it’s highly enjoyable and stands up superbly even after repeated viewings, a definite 10/10.
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Romance as Fantasy
Garry Marshall is something of an anomaly in the film business: his movies tend to eschew the extreme, ‘quien-es-mas-macho’ bravado found in the works of many of his peers (Martin Scorsese and David Mamet, to name a few), and in turn they embrace the type of sentimental maudlin that sums up the term ‘chick-flick’ with pride. And he’s clearly getting away with it — the only other high-profile directors to sculpt their entire careers on the plight of the female sex have been Pedro Almodovar, Douglas Sirk, and George Cukor, all in their distinctive directing styles. All the rest have occasionally dabbed in high-powered drama, but never as soapy and drenched in Lifetime television glitter as Garry Marshall has
PRETTY WOMAN continued his venture into the world of opposites: here he goes for a modern take on MY FAIR LADY, itself a version of PYGMALION, and amps up the fairytale aspect to eleven until there is really nowhere else to take the concept, already convoluted to begin with. Richard Gere plays a high-powered executive who crosses paths with (the unrealistically named) Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts in her first starring role) and takes her in as his companion (i. e. escort, kept lady, etc.). This of course comes with his re-imaging of her: he gives her a massive wardrobe, polishes her act, and transforms her into a quasi-society woman. It doesn’t come with a few set of complications, one involving Jason Alexander’s lecherous character, but these are less of interest to the focus of the story, already deep into establishing what Roberts and Gere are to each other
PRETTY WOMAN has become a classic in its own right even when there are people who hate it and call it dated, or downright misogynistic due to the fact that purportedly it is ‘telling’ people that ‘a woman needs a man to survive.’ I for one, don’t think so. It would mean that every movie made in the vein of the aforementioned MY FAIR LADY or PYGMALION is a blast against women who are objectified to the point where they aren’t even human anymore, and that is plain ridiculous. PRETTY WOMAN is romantic fantasy, no more no less, and is meant to be enjoyed as such. Nothing that happens here would happen in real life — as a matter of fact, big-named male execs and celebrities have been on the wrong side of publicity once their liaisons with hookers have been publicized. Vivian isn’t even a true person, but Julia Roberts plays her as if she were made of sheer velvet and longing and innocence. To see her getting her revenge on the snobbish women of that Rodeo Drive store is a hoot — because we’ve rooted for this character. Again, good storytelling and characterization made into a commercial smash.
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The Best Films Of The 90’s: Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman (1990): Starring Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Laura San Giacomo, Jason Alexander, Ralph Bellamy, Hector Elizondo, Alex Hyde-White, Amy Yasbeck, Judith Baldwin, Jason Randal, Tracy Bjork, Gary Greene, Billy Gallo, Hank Azaria, Larry Hankin, Julie Paris, Marty Nadler, Rhonda Hansome, Harvey Keenan, Jacqueline Woolsey, Lynda Goodfried, Frank Campanella, Jackie O’Brien, Reed Anthony, Patrick Richwood, Kathleen Marshall, Laurelle Brooks, James Patrick Stuart, Don Feldstein, Marvin Braverman, Jeff Michalski, James Patrick Dunne, Steve Restivo, R. Darrell Hunter, Larry Miller, Dey Young, Minda Burr, Carol Williard, Shane Ross, Michael French, R.C. Everbeck, Tom Nolan, John David Carson, Director Gary Marshall, Screenplay J.F. Lawton
With Director Gary Marshall’s ‘Pretty Woman’, movies of the 1990’s were off to a good start. This film was not a box-office smash, but when it was released on video and was subsequently shown on Cable TV, it gradually became a beloved romantic classic. Despite what anyone may think, ‘Pretty Woman’ launched the careers of Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, whose chemistry in this film is the stuff you’d be hard-pressed to find in today’s Hollywood film pairings. With cinematography by Charles Minsky, which looks at Hollywood and Beverly Hills with a degree of authenticity, especially in the night scenes, and with pop hits on the soundtrack like the titular ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Real Wild Child’, ‘It Must Have Been Love’ and ‘Show Me Your Soul’, this film is possibly the definition of a modern Hollywood love story, a kind of 1990’s Cinderella. There’s much to admire about this film. First the performances by the lead actors. Richard Gere portrays independently wealthy divorcee Edward Lewis who flies to Hollywood/LA/Beverly Hills on a business week where he is to buy a company. He meets Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) a street-walking prostitute who spends the week with him in a pent house suite in a luxurious hotel. She is to pose as a date and accompany him as he meets with the company guys. Vivian, who can barely afford to pay the rent, learns ‘how the other half lives’ and through Richard discovers a world of ruthless business deals, hypocritical, class-conscious people and discrimination. Edward sheds his pride and learns how to really love another human being. The ‘fairy tale’ aspect which is at the heart of ‘Pretty Woman’ is a nice touch, but it’s also responsible for its lack of credibility. In order to appreciate the film, you have to suspend disbelief. Vivian and Richard could not possibly fall in love in real life, and certainly not in the course of a single week. Even with this flaw, it’s lovely to see them fall for each other (she did something she thought she’d never do to a client, kissed him on the mouth!!). I love it when Edward and Viv fly to San Francisco on his private plane where they see the opera ‘La Traviata’, whose plot about a courtesan and a wealthy man in Paris mirrors Viv and Edward’s own love story. Jason Alexander (better known as George Costanza from Seinfeld) portrays Phillip Stuckey, Edward’s nasty lawyer. This was before Jason Alexander appeared on ‘Seinfeld’ and his performance is something else. Obnoxious, mean-spirited, he even attempts to rape Vivian in a latter scene. Laura San Giacomo (‘Maya’ on ‘Just Shoot Me’) portrays the sassy Kit De Luca, Viv’s prostitute girlfriend who is a real throwback to the personality of the 80’s, which makes sense considering the film was being made in the late 80’s and released in 1990. While some scenes are downright unrealistic, such as Vivian’s following comment: ‘When I was a girl, and when I misbehaved, and that was often, my mother would lock me up in the attic. I would pretend that I was a princess locked up in a tower by the evil queen. A knight in shining armor would come riding on a great horse, draw his sword and rescue me,’; some scenes contain slices of crude real life, especially among the rich, as the scene in which Vivian tries to purchase a gown at a store in the trendy Rodeo Drive. The sales ladies don’t want her in the store on account of her being a hooker. This is exactly why we applaud not only when Vivian returns to the same store dressed in a sophisticated ‘Sabrina’ type gown and this time humiliates the sales lady, but the ending in which she and Edward run off to live happily ever after. This is a wonderful film and a romantic classic that could have only come from the early 90’s, which would see such other romantic films as ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (1991). This is Gary Marshall’s best cinematic work and a sample of good 90’s cinema.
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