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A Good Woman [2004]
from Paramount Home Entertainment
starring Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Mark Umbers
directed by Mike Barker

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Maybe would have worked better as a TV series
  I found this a bit of a "meh" film. Watchable enough, but nothing to really grab you. Fairly slow moving, and that's mostly because not really much happened.
  In many ways it felt a bit like a TV drama, or soap even, where different characters' lives crossed paths with each other, and I was kind of left with a felling that if you'd got to know the characters a bit more, and spent a bit more time with them, then it may have been a bit better. So I feel it could have worked better as a TV series, broken... more info

• Helen Hunt strikes again!
  Thoroughly enjoyed this film, although my Mother fell asleep! Perfect Sunday afternoon viewing for me. Good storyline, and not quite as predictable as some films, nice little twist to it. This is a must for romantics, but i'm not 100% sure if i am biased because I simply like Helen?? I haven't seen her in a bad film yet!
  

• The miscasting is mightier than the engaging storyline
  I really went back and forth with this film. In the end, though, I just couldn't get past the fact that even a good script based on the work of a literary genius like Oscar Wilde just can't overcome the deleterious effects of problematic acting. I can't bring myself to say bad acting because I think Scarlett Johansson is a very good actress and - while I don't really care for her - Helen Hunt is as well. Neither was very good in One Good Woman, however. The blame must really fall on the director and casting... more info

• A good movie
  The script is beautiful with lots of wit and eloquence that isn't seen very often in movies. The acting is fabulous and one can't help but get very attached to the characters. Plus the movie isn't without its twists which is a bonus.
  Helen Hunt plays a lady who is hated by women and loved by men for the simple reason that she is an infamous mistress who lives off the money of her suitors. After the unhappy wives conspire to have her cut off from their husbands' purse strings she hatches a plan to... more info

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