X
- 2002
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 51 m
- 2002
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 51 m
Summary When a wealthy French family gathers for Christmas, their country estate is thrown into an uproar when the father of the family is murdered. The only possible suspects are the eight women in the house, each of whom has secrets and a motive to kill him.
Directed By: François Ozon
Written By: François Ozon, Marina de Van, Robert Thomas, Robert Thomas
- 2002
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 51 m
- 2002
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 51 m
8 Women
64
6.7
Summary When a wealthy French family gathers for Christmas, their country estate is thrown into an uproar when the father of the family is murdered. The only possible suspects are the eight women in the house, each of whom has secrets and a motive to kill him.
Directed By: François Ozon
Written By: François Ozon, Marina de Van, Robert Thomas, Robert Thomas
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 30 Critic Reviews
64
77% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 30 Critic Reviews
64
77% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The secret to enjoying 8 Women is to check your analytical mind at the popcorn counter and settle back for almost two hours of cinematic mischief.
Seduction is more important than deduction in this chic display of star quality to the eighth power.
An ebullient toast to grande dames: part homage, part camp, all artifice and a thoroughly entertaining, if light, confection.
The movie doesn't remind me so much of the movies of Minnelli or Sirk as it does a lavish parody of "Upstairs, Downstairs," with musical interludes (the divas sing, whether they can or not) that are often as painful to watch as they are audaciously performed.
A gorgeous, if disjointed, spectacle, made endurable – if not entirely comprehensible – by its eye-popping cast.
Without its cast -- the cream of France's female acting elite -- François Ozon's ambivalent musical-comedy homage to the 1950s wouldn't be much.
For all the tumultuous entrances and flouncing exits, the eight principals manage maybe three laughs among them.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 25 User Ratings
6.7
64% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
28% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
8% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 25 User Ratings
6.7
64% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
28% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
8% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Apr 25, 2019
As much as I love Isabelle Huppert (and about every actresses in the film), you can't help but admit this movie is a complete failure, much like every Francois Ozon's movies. You feel like it was written and made by a 15 year old teenager without any talent.
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Production Company
- BIM Distribuzione
- Canal+
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Fidélité Productions
- France 2 Cinéma
- Gimages 5
- Local Films
- Mars Distribution
Release Date Sep 20, 2002
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
Tagline Living in a house full of women can be murder.
Awards
César Awards, France
• 12 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
