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1990
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Positive Reviews
29
Negative reviews
8
Average Rating
3.3
/5
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3.0
Pretty Woman starts out as a neo Pygmalion comedy, but the film is slow, earnest, and rhythmless.
EW
4.4
It is; it protects its fragile love story in the midst of cynicism and compromise.
Rogerebert
4.5
Pics casting is astute, with Gere underplaying like a sturdy ballet star who hoists the ballerina Roberts on his shoulders.
Variety
1.5
For 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 ..
Time Out
3.0
The movies most outrageous high concept moment the stretch limo, private jet, opera is pure camp.
The Guardian
5.0
Its a movie at odds with its feel good purposes and it doesnt seem to realize it.
3.5
The comedy is so slickly delivered that audiences may be content with chuckling over its polished surface charms.
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Low on real social comment, this modern fable still has more than enough chemistry between its leading pair to rake in the box office rewards.
3.0
This emotionally appealing film taps into our primal feelings about money, power, pleasure, shame, intimacy, and love as a redemptive power.
Spirituality And Practice
3.1
Bound to offend prostitutes and millionaires everywhere, this flick is not the street smart Pygmalion it desperately wants to be.
Tv Guide
3.8
Pretty Woman (1990) 3 Stars (out of 4) Tweet His Call Girl Friday By Jeffrey M. Anderson I saw this romantic comedy in the theater in 1990 and found i ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
The story, of course, is not very believable and it is quite predictable.
Lariat
4.0
Originally meant to be a serious drama (called $3,000) about a man buying a prostitute for the night, this turned into a delightful romantic comedy in ..
Radio Times
1.5
But director Garry Marshall (Beaches) soft pedals the social criticism.
Rolling Stone
0.5
But in the end, whats most ridiculous about the film isnt the lack of realism.
Pop Matters
1.5
Many moviegoers find it very entertaining, but dont overlook its barely hidden message.
Cs Monitor
3.0
But movies like this are bound to be an uneasy mix of old and new old fashioned story devices, characterizations and sentimentality, at odds with mode ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.5
It cant be the supposed romance, can it.Do people really find Pretty Woman romantic
3.0
This is the kind of enjoyable, fluffy, light entertainment that Hollywood has been doing for decades.
Emanuellevy
3.8
People tend to think of it as a comedy because of the way in which it fulfills romantic expectations with such charm and good humor, but what they for ..
Q Network
1.5
This is old fashioned, assembly line moviemaking without the old panache.
Time
3.8
The premise is hardly believable and its portrait of prostitutes hanging out on the streets of Hollywood Boulevard is just about the most idealized po ..
The Movie Boy
2.5
Its a darn good save, but alluding to Cinderella and Hollywood dreams doesnt give Pretty Woman any weight: quite the opposite.
Groucho Reviews
4.0
Ive always loved this film, even though it is a class A chick flick.
7M Pictures
4.0
An unequalled exercise in modern, mature romance, which would garner Roberts a Best Actress Academy Award nomination and a lengthy streak of box offic ..
4.5
A love story isnt much of a love story unless there are obstacles to hurtle.
Tamp A Bay
4.5
Between a woman who sells her body and a man who sells shares there is no difference: There was no greater example of postmodernity than this.
4.0
The soundtrack, including the Roy Orbison classic that gave the movie its name, is bopping, and the pacing is breezy. Gere is charismatic, and he and ..
Refinery 29
3.5
As formulaic and push button y as it is, it still houses some truly enjoyable movie star chemistry, just enough laughs to keep me happy, and a cuddly ..
Dvd Talk
1.5
Gere and Roberts do good work, but this feelgood fantasy is laced with some preposterous messages about love, success and money.
Film4
4.0
Persons attempting to find a reality in Pretty Woman will be sorely disappointed. Its a fairy tale from beginning to end.
Movie Metropolis
4.5
Despite its cornball attributes maybe because of them this is a sweetheart of an old fashioned romantic comedy.
People
4.0
Its held the test of time and has finally become what all the lovesick teens said it was all along: a classic.
Filmcritic.com
1.5
That wouldnt be too bad a line if it were delivered lightly, but theres nothing light about this movies comic touch.
Articles Orlando Sentinel
4.5
But with all of its heart and excellent chemistry, Pretty Woman is one of the most satisfying romantic comedies of its generation.
Movie Views
3.5
Relatively big budget that is; by Hollywood standards it is a modest movie, a little comedy with three stars and no action sequences or special effect ..
Mike Grost
4.0
Marshall steps away from all slapstick potential, and serves up a story thats finely balanced between male and female fantasy.
film-authority.com
4.0
In case youve forgotten, Roberts and Gere both look very good indeed...
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