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8 ½ Women

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United Kingdom, Netherlands, Luxembourg · 1999
Rated R · 1h 58m
Director Peter Greenaway
Starring John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Toni Collette
Genre Comedy, Drama

After the death of his wife, a wealthy businessman and his son open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva. They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect, each of whom have their own unique persona.

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63

Miami Herald by

With its convoluted pretentiousness, heavy use of metaphors and obscure references to art, fails to maintain interest.

20

Film.com by Henry Cabot Beck

This anti-narrative screwball comedy, a sort of police-drama re-enactment of Fellini's themes in "8 1/2," keeps most of the jokes off-screen.

50

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

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.

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