Ready to Wear (1994)

Ready To Wear

WORST 133 MINUTES I'VE SPENT LATELY. IT HAD SUBTITLES, THAT DIDN'T STAY UP LONG ENOUGH, AND JUST A STUPIT MOVIE OVERALL. COMPANY DELIVERED DVD IN RECORD TIME. THAT'S THE ONLY GOOD THING I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS PRODUCT. November 26, 2007

2and half stars are you KIDDING?? BEAUTIFUL, FUNNY, GLAMOROUS MOVIE W/SOPHIA LOREN AND KIM BASINGER + LOTSA SUPERMODELS

Ok, Why would anyone even watch a movie about a murder taking place in a FASHION SHOW IN PARIS if they consider glamour and beauty not to be a point in and of itself.

Aside from visual feasts the movie depicts this lifestyle in a honest way, kinda like how Office Space depicts the office life. One scene is when these two ladies who are staying next to each other talk to each other politely as they walk each other to their hotel rooms. When they arrive at their doors they bid their farewells and then one goes to the left and the other to the right, and as they both turn the doorknobs they both discover that the doors are locked. AWKWARD! well the awkwardness is depicted beautifully as they both utter polite laughts he he... if you are incapable of appreciating that then you're right, you might be too shallow to enjoy this movie! If you can get into the depths of things that appear 'not to matter' and at the same time consider beauty and glamour a point in and of itself (it sounds contradictory but it isn't) then you will LOVE THIS! Here are more reasons to get this movie:

-Kim Basinger has a pretty big role as this innocent reporter "live in Paris" and is stunning and funny
-Sophia Loren who I've never thought to be all THAT is in this and has a fair share of camera time, and BOY did I just change my mind! It seems she is gorgeous now that she's old but I never really saw it when she was young. Kim Basinger admires her jewelry :-).
-Cameo by Cher (she gets interviewed)
-Jean Paul Gaultier is in it (he gets interviewed)
-There are scenes of Paris shopping in it
-There is are cute dogs (although in the first scene, S. Loren shakes her dog a little but I'll just think she makes up for it)
-I could go on and on!!! If you are attracted to the title in the first place, WHY WOULDN'T you like this movie?? O! Just thought of something:
-HELENA CHRISTIANSON is in it and she has a line, Christy Turlington is in it, more...!!! October 14, 2007

non-stop hoot

Watching this movie is an enjoyable and non-stop "hoot" (if that term is still used). It seems that everyone in Hollywood wanted a cameo appearance in this Robert Altman film, perhaps because it was filmed in Paris. It is true that a critic may find the plot senseless and incomplete, but I doubt very much if the filmakers intended to present a complete and thorough story. The intent was clearly a parady spoof of the Paris fashion industry and all of its multi-faced participants. In this regard READY TO WEAR is an outstanding success. May 26, 2007

A Crazy Quilt

Why all the hate for FEADY TO WEAR? Like many of you, I was underwhelmed when it first came out but now thanks to constant showings on the Sundance Channel and all those channels in that narrow band of indie cable, it has been growing on me and now I can't stop watching it. Barbara Shulgasser's writing is wonderful, and if it has been chopped up like cole slaw by Altman's fitful direction, and by the generally improvisatory style embodied by Kim Basinger's steamrolling fashion reporter, it is still Altman who gives the picture its life, its joie de vivre. And the fantastic outfits are to die for, each one crazier than the last.

Sophia Loren is so over the top in this one role that retrospectively her entire career takes on a veneer of camp Carlo Ponti could never have intended. If she was Elton John her sunglasses couldn't get any vaster, like two TV screens perched on her nose, and her breasts bobbing like apples in the tub of her sausage cased cleavage deserve equal billing with Mastroianni, who perhaps overdoes his sad sack clown persona. Together they're not so much fun as you'd think, but she's great. Is there any black satin left in the world or was all of it used for her widows' wear!

My favorite, Anouk Aimee, gets all the drama parts. Why didn't Altman use Anouk Aimee more, she is simply the most striking and hawklike actress who ever lived! She and Rupert Everett as her avaricious son are playing out whole 3 decker Balzac novels with their back and forth, their mutual accusations of greed and contempt.

OK, there are some inanities to READY TO WEAR, and I'm never sure if Forest Whitaker isn't laughing up his sleeve or revealing new previously unknown dimensions to his private life, but all in all it is a movie for the ages, and my favorite by Altman (except for NASHVILLE and A WEDDING). Maybe its angle about fashion being stupid is itself pretty banal, but you know, I just don't care any more. If it's on, I'll watch it all the way through and I'll cry when it's over, just like Julia Roberts pretending her lost luggage hasn't yet been delivered to her closet. May 2, 2007

Pure Dreck

When this movie came out I was too young to see it, so I rented it last night and let me tell you, this movie is so bad it should be banned. I'm in a state of disbelief that an actor of Julia Roberts' caliber would agree to be a part of such a piece of crap! The only redeeming scene in this movie is when Tim Robbins says "Je suis mort. Ou est je suis?" in French, which doesn't make any sense so it's hilarious. Other than that, this is 2 hours of some of the biggest stars in the fasion world, Hollywood and Europe making fools of themselves, getting naked, and speaking an atrocious script. February 3, 2007

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