Pretty Woman

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Summary: Typical Hollywood nonsense
Review: Very realistic portrayal of a typical streetwalker,excect of course sans std's,needle tracks up and down both arms,psychological problems,30 extra pounds courtesy of 4 pregnancies, and of course many prostitutes look like JR.

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Summary: Julia at her best, wide eyed and innocent looking...
Review: even though she played a hooker!! That always amazes me we love the character but hate what they do @ least in real life. Julia actually makes being a working woman look very appealing. Please no impressionable young women actually think you're going to meet a millionar hotty while standing in spikey heel boots on the street corner....too bad huh?

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Summary: Great Story-- a must see, Oscar Winning classic
Review: Julia Roberts hit a home run with this 1990 hit which made her a superstar, when she won an Oscar and Golden Globe for best actress in a leading role. It's a cross between Pygmalion(My Fair Lady) and Cinderella. This story finds Richard Gere, a cold, emotionless businessman who has become a billionaire tearing apart companies for their assets hiring "Vivian" a prostitute, to accompany him for the week he is doing business in LA.

There are cute scenes of Julia learning to dress, buy clothes, use the proper fork. She's not quite as bad as the gal in Pygmalion, but then again, this is an R-rated version, so it's a sexier story, Imagine if Professor Higgins could bed his "student," Eliza Doolittle

As far as the Cinderella side of this, Vivian comes from a tough "hood" that would eat her alive if it could. And yes, Richard Gere does come along and rescue her from the mean members of her "hood" family.

Hector Alizondo has a great role, playing the all knowing, always wise hotel manager (think hispanic Yoda<g>) who helps Julia pull herself together.

It's fun to see Jason Alexander as a bumbling creep (recently revisited in Shallow Hal.)

The thing that puts that magic into this story is the character arcs Julia and Richard go through.
Richard goes from an emotionally constricted, greedy financial power czar to become a kinder, more generous guy who cares about the people and the businesses he has been playing Monopoly with, and he (Big surprise) falls for Julia. (who wouldn't? <G>)

Julia evolves to become a more self aware, sophisticated, but still playful and simple, honest and straightforward woman (though still a goodhearted "'ho.") She has this wonderful, playful nature that loaned itself so well to this story line.

This is, even after many other roles, still one of Julia's best (along with Notting Hill and Erin Brockovich.) If you were, not surprisingly, disappointed with America's Sweetheart, watch this film for a pick-me-up and a reminder of how good Julia can be.

The film also won the best film of the year from the People's Choice Awards and Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen from the Writer's Guild of America. Richard Gere won a Golden Globe for best Actor that year.

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Summary: Exellent movie, OK DVD
Review: This movie is great in all aspects; directing, acting, etc. But the DVD I kind of want to complain about. You'd think that the 10th Anniversary edition would have a remastered soundtrack in 5.1 audio, but it doesn't. The theatrical trailer looks like it is in really bad condition, and the picture is jumpy. The picture is really wanting in sharpness and definition. The behind the scenes footage is pretty cool, but it's not too long, and it only shows the behind the scenes footage on one scene. I like the production featurette, because it offers some insightful interviews with the director and cast. But, again, it lacks at a very short 3 minutes. Again, the music video is really wanting in clairity in definiton. Also, Touchstone should have updated the film from letterbox to widescreen anamorphic for the special edition, because the picture would have benifited. But the picture is very sharp and it's impossible not to see something. The soundtrack is undistinguished and almost sounds like mono. Then again, Touchstone is known very well for putting together DVD's fastly and cheaply. Get this DVD only because it's the only one out there.

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Summary: One Pretty Good Movie!
Review: Pretty Woman is the Cinderella like tale of Vivian (Julia Roberts), a street wise and somwhat innocent prostitute, and Edward Louis (Richard Gere), a tough talking, and sincerly loving billionare! Edward hires Vivian for a week so he desn't have to deal with his two previously failed relationships (one with a girlfriend, and one with his ex-wife)for the week.

While Edward puts in long working days with ne client after another, Vivian lives the high life at the Regent Beverly Wilshire, goes shopping on Rodeu Drive (after being turned away by the snubby shopkeepers), goes to a mach of Polo, and goes to the Oprea in San Francisco (they take his jet).

In the midst of all this, Vivian and Edward fall in love, it's as simple as that. Julia Roberts, in the role that made her a star, gives a simply wonderful, witty, hillarious, and heart touching performance. Richard Gere gives a great performace as well, but he obviously falls back in the light Julia shines on this film, she is without a dought the star!

If you love Julia Roberts (and who wouldn't, she's a great actress!)this is the film to see! After all, it made her a star, and is a great example of her early work. Roberts and Gere are such a great team, they were later teamed again in Runaway Bride. If you love Runaway Bride, you'll love Pretty Woman.

Get it, see it, you'll love it!

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Summary: A must Have...
Review: For any Pretty Women or Julia Roberts fan. The Directors comentary brings the movie alive in a new way, even if your like me and have seen the movie a zillion times.

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Summary: oh, pretty woman blah
Review: two horrible actors. they were both lucky with this one. J.R. is really E.R. anyway

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Summary: You Smile Throughout the Entire MOVIE!
Review: Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are worth the cost of this movie and then some. From the moment this movie starts to the end you smile througout its entirety. Its a great movie if you want your spirts raised, excellent cast including Jason Alexander make this movie a movie to watch again and again.

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Summary: WHAT CAN I SAY..............
Review: THIS FILM IS THE KING OF ALL ROMANCE FILMS.WHILST WATCHING IT THERE ARE SO MANY FEEL GOOD MOMENTS THAT YOU FEEL GIDDY.JULIA ROBERTS IS SPECTACULAR AS A HOOKER WHO IS HIRED BY A RICH BUISNESS MAN(RICHARD GERE)TO STAY WITH HIM A WEEK, WHILST HE WORKS IN L.A.OF COURSE AS YOU IMAGINE THEY FALL IN LOVE,DESPITE THE PREJUDICES.EVERYONE HAS SEEN THIS FILM FOR A REASON....BECAUSE IT IS AMAZING!IF YOU HAVENT SEEN IT, YOU HAVENT LIVED!

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Summary: The special edition adds more depth Roberts' character
Review: Of all the films I have seen with Julia Roberts, this one is my favorite, I don't know why, I can't shake why I like this film, I have never been crazy about the premise of this film, not many or should I say no prostitute looks as good as Roberts, but somthing about this film stays with me & I think I have figured it out, for starters we learn that Vivian(Roberts' character) is not happy in her profession, she even makes references that she wants out,then she meets Edward(Gere's character)& everything begins to change for her,we learn that he is a unsympathetic corporate raider who buys companies in a financial bind & has little regard for its employees(typical corporate behavior)this behavior is futher supported by his accountant/attorney Stucky(Jason Alexander in a sleazy,but memorable role) when Vivian & Edward meet they begin to teach each other a little of life's lessons, he shows her that there is more to life than the streets &that she has a special gift to be better,she in turn teaches him that life should not be all about money, they both begin to see each others life, he sees firsthand what it must be like to be unfortunate, & that what he is doing to companies is morally wrong, they fall in love on this journey of self-discovery & Vivian realizes that she has potential to be better, one might argue that a multimillonarie such as Edward would find someone as fortunate as him, but what makes this love story different is the fact that Vivian does not care about his money, which would i'm sure make any millionaire happy, the special edition gives a more realistic look at Vivian's dangerous world with a scene at the club removed from the theatrical version, in it Edward is approached by the pimp Carlos seen at the beginning, soon Edward is surrounded by others, but Vivian soon comes to his aid, another deleted scene shows Edward going to close the deal on Morris & along the way encounters a man with his son, a scene designed to show that his business dealing can & do affects others, it strikes a chord in Edward which makes his change of heart at the end more believable, this is a good film that shows Gere's range as an actor, just watch INTERNAL AFFAIRS which he did the same year, you won't believe he is the same character.