Gere and Roberts do good work, but this feelgood fantasy is laced with some preposterous messages about love, success and money.
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04/09/08
Pretty Woman (1990)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:5
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: While driving back to his Beverly Hills hotel, millionaire corporate raider Edward Lewis takes a wrong turn and ends up on Hollywood Boulevard, where he meets prostitute Vivian Ward. She steers him... [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Hector Elizondo, Jason Alexander
Director: Garry Marshall
Reviews for Pretty Woman
1 - 6 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticLow on real social comment, this modern fable still has more than enough chemistry between its leading pair to rake in the box-office rewards.
04/09/08
Top CriticFor a film that attempts to satirise snooty materialism, it focuses too pantingly on the designer labels, and comes down firmly on the side of 'rich is better'.
06/24/06
Top CriticThis is old-fashioned, assembly-line moviemaking without the old panache.
02/03/09
Top CriticPic's casting is astute, with Gere underplaying like a sturdy ballet star who hoists the ballerina Roberts on his shoulders.
04/09/08
Top CriticIt is something special.
05/20/03
Top CriticThe sweetest and most openhearted love fable since The Princess Bride.
01/01/00
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