"I've had two years to grow claws, mother. Jungle red."

The Women - (1939) Norma Sherea, Rossalind Russell, and Joan Crawford.

Mary Haines (Norma Sherea) is a woman of society. She has a husband and a daughter. She has a house in the country and an apartment in New York City. She is surrounded by friends and foes. Her "good friend" and cousin, Sylvia Fowler (Rossalind Russell) is always about and full of gossip. Mrs. Fowler discovers from a manicurist that Mr. Haines is stepping out on Mrs. Haines with a shop girl, Ms. Allen (Joan Crawford). The movie unfolds as Mrs. Haines decides what to do about this new found information - her husband is cheating on her. What's a married woman in 1939 to do?

Excellent delightful fun film! Everyone, minus the Haines' daughter, is great in her respective role. There are no men in this film. I would watch this movie again and again. The dialogue, the cattiness, the fashion, the decisions, and the acting - superb. I also saw the 2008 remake - terrible. I wish I could get my money back. That being said I think I appreciated the original film that much more when I saw how superior it is to the remake. There are few child actors that can actually act - the Haines' daughter was ok but is what I deem a "typical child actor" - she's trying, she's not a natural.

Rent it. If you like Gilmore Girls, Adam's Rib or suffered through the remake - see this film.

Hot Mess

Post Grad - Alexis Bledil, Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch, and Carol Burnett. Such a promising cast for such a disappointing film.

Rayden (Bledil) has graduated from college. She has a plan. She wants to work at a book publishing house in LA. Her best friend Adam has been accepted to Columbia Law School but is not so sure if he wants to pursue law or music. He is sure he wants to pursue her. Rayden is not hired by her dream job and is forced to move in with her eclectic but loving family. She is also forced to hit the pavement and try to secure employment.

I wanted to like this movie. It has a straight forward plot but hits all the same notes with no new area mined. Rayden is the perfect student who doesn't get the job she wants. She has a lovely boy in love with her and she falls for her neighbor who is too old for her and at a completely different stage of his life. She hurts her best friend who uses this one act of flakiness to move his life forward. She of course gets the job of her dreams and realizes that people are more important than jobs and she is love with Adam. See if could have been a great romantic comedy, but the time line was muddied, the humor nonexistent, and too many random plot points including a night in jail, a box car race, and a dead cat.

This film tried too hard but not enough. Once more I blame the writer and the editor, what were you thinking? Don't see this painful movie. It is not worth it.