The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.
Costume
Eva Mendes in that lavender lingerie alone justifies the budget.
Acting
Annette Bening devouring every line like it's her last meal.
Production
The Saks Fifth Avenue fashion show: camp, chaos, capitalism.
Director
Diane English
Meg Ryan
Mary Haines
Annette Bening
Sylvie Fowler
Debra Messing
Edie Cohen
Jada Pinkett Smith
Alex Fisher
Eva Mendes
Crystal Allen
Candice Bergen
Catherine Frazier
Cloris Leachman
Maggie
India Ennenga
Molly Haines
Debi Mazar
Tanya
Bette Midler
Leah Miller
Carrie Fisher
Bailey Smith
Jill Flint
Annie
Joanna Gleason
Barbara
Lynn Whitfield
Glenda Hill
Natasha Alam
Natasha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Diane English's only feature directing credit after creating Murphy Brown. She fought the studio for years to make it.
The 1939 original had racier dialogue and sharper teeth; this remake softens the lesbian subtext and class critique into brunch-friendly empowerment.
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