8 1/2 Women
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- Synopsis
- When Storey (Delamere) learns that his mother has died, he returns to Geneva to console his father (Standing). As part of this attempt, Storey takes his father to see the Fellini movie 8 ½, and the experience inspires the men to form a harem....
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- Director(s)
- Peter Greenaway
- Distributor(s)
- Lions Gate Films
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 120 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Bob GrahamAdd Critic to Favorites
A surreal comedy about sex that comes as close to charming as Greenaway ever gets.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
One possible approach to 8 1/2 Women, I think, is to view it as a slowed-down, mannered, tongue-in-cheek silent comedy, skewed by Greenaway's anger and desire to manipulate.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites
A nod to Fellini--and that "half" turns out to be a typically dark Greenaway twist. Yet this film, one of Greenaway's most amusing and accessible, actually arrives at moments of tenderness, even love, fleeting though they may be.Read the full review
