The Women 1939

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: [Cukor is] at his best with a cast that includes Rosalind Russell, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Hedda Hopper, Ruth Hussey, Paulette Goddard, and Joan Fontaine. Read more

Ted Shen, Chicago Reader: The catty banter and Wildean aphorisms (some of them contributed by Anita Loos) are delivered with impeccable timing by a cast only MGM could have mustered. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: A film that deserves to be seen (or seen again). Read more

Time Out: A more eccentric film than the following year's The Philadelphia Story, with which it shares a couple of faces, it's almost as fabulous. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Picture however holds passages that slow movement down to a walk. Read more