New Times (L.A.) by Gregory Weinkauf
It's pretty safe to say that claustrophobic, gay-themed murder mysteries haven't been this much fun since "Deathtrap."
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France, Italy · 2002
Rated R · 1h 51m
Director François Ozon
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant
Genre Comedy, Thriller, Music, Crime, Mystery
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Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.
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New Times (L.A.) by Gregory Weinkauf
It's pretty safe to say that claustrophobic, gay-themed murder mysteries haven't been this much fun since "Deathtrap."
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
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.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
One of the most uplifting and delightful films to have come along this year.
San Francisco Chronicle by Jonathan Curiel
So original, so funny, so alive with drama, intrigue, mystery and colors that you want to see it again and again.
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
The result is inept, tedious kitsch that even at its best feels like John Waters minus the joie de vivre.
Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan
If you simply love Vogue magazine, you'll love 8 Women just as much as the cinematically educated. This breezy entertainment often feels like an exquisitely photographed fashion layout come to life.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
The result is weightless entertainment that's both camp and true, a warped adoration of star-quality actresses as amazing creatures who can project the lives of fictional characters as well as the essence of their own fabulous selves.
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Really, really good -- Yes, it's over the top, giddy and parodistic (God bless it). But it also takes a thoughtful, if surreptitious, look at what eight women might act like when men aren't around.
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Whatever you call this one-of-a-kind bonbon spiked with wit and malice, it's classic oo-la-la.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Movies like 8 Women are essentially made for movie-lovers. You have to have seen overdecorated studio musicals, and you have to know who Darrieux and Deneuve and Beart and Huppert and Ardant are, to get the full flavor. It also helps if you have seen Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap."
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