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From:Jason Alexander , Bill Applebaum , Hank Azaria , Judith Baldwin , Ralph Bellamy , GERE,RICHARD , Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone ,
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5 of 7 customers found the following review helpful:
 Roy Orbison should be proud, 2007-09-14
Pretty Woman begins with corporate raider Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) impulsively picking up a streetwalking prostitute named Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts). He ends up hiring her for the week as an escort so that he can have a date for certain business dinners that are very important to him. While she is intelligent, she is also unaccustomed to living the life of luxury and there is a fair amount of humor that flows from her "fish out of water" status. It's a fairly silly setup for the movie and if you want to pick it apart, it's no great challenge to do so. It does, however, provide a very entertaining backdrop for a Cinderella love story.
This was not the first part in Julia Roberts' career, but it is certainly the one that made her a star. She is funny, sexy, and has a great warmth and vulnerability that makes it easy to believe that any man could fall in love with her, even a hotshot corporate raider. Gere does his usual solid acting job. Hector Elizondo steals the show as the stuffy hotel manager who helps Vivian learn etiquette and softens considerably in the process. Actually, the cast is very strong from top to bottom with small roles by Jason Alexander and Ralph Bellamy going a long way to making this film worth watching over and over.
Pretty Woman is certainly never going to win any awards for the most intellectually stimulating film of all time, but that's okay. It's funny when it wants to be and touching when it tries. And despite the silly story, there are some underlying themes that all of us can relate to and that feel very real. This one belongs in any DVD library.
Pretty Woman (15th Anniversary Special Edition), 2007-08-24
I have always loved movies starring Julia Roberts and/or Richard Gere. I suppose the whole world has seen this funny, wacky, loveable couple try to work out the problems of being a "call girl". The "1-900-Babe" by Gere just cracks me up!
4 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
Story of respect, love, and compassion, 2007-07-20
While I was skeptical about this movie before watching it, I was completely taken aback by its wonderful story and enduring lessons. It was the appropriate combination of romance, comedy, and drama which made this movie, while still a chick flick, one that is heart touching and emphasises the importance of judging a person by their character and not simply thier professions. It also emphasises the importance of not making assumptions about people in order to figure out the essence of the true person. A heartwarming film - much recommended!
GREAT MOVIE, 2007-05-12
GREAT CHICK FLICK, THE CINDERELLA STORY WITH RICHARD GERE, WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT??? -SMILE-
Pretty Woman, 2007-05-07
Pretty Woman (10th Anniversary Edition) A great modern adaption of the age old classic love story. A woman from the wrong side of the tracks, who finds and falls in love a rich handsome prince, and they live happily ever after. With a few more nodern twists to the story.
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