Women in Trouble (2009)

FULL DISCLOSURE: I freely admit that the only reason I wanted to see Women in Trouble was because of the incredible number of blindingly hot women that are in it. Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Adrianne Palicki, Cameron Richardson...do I really need to continue? I had little interest in whatever the movie was supposed to be "about", per se, I just wanted to see the hotties. And they did deliver the goods. 

But this is a review, so I guess I have to talk about something more than how hot the women were. This is one of those kinds of ensemble movies where the numerous characters are directly and indirectly connected. It's certainly not up to the quality of a movie like Magnolia, not even close. The comedic elements work sometimes, and sometimes they don't. The dramatic portions are the same way. I guess the best way to describe Women in Trouble, is three Lifetime movies mixed with a rather tame Cinemax skin flick and a really disturbing bestiality story. If that weird mix sounds great to you, then you'll love this. Everyone else should just tune out the talky bits and ogle these gorgeous women.      

Fmovies: What is this movie? It looks like a middle-somewhere episode of an adult TV series. It is not particularly good, but then again, it is watchable, and there are some gloriously beautiful actresses in it, but I have to hold firm and sink it with a low score, because it is such a shambles going nowhere. I only checked out one of the IMDb reviews just now and was surprised to see that it was gloriously positive. This thing has the appearance of being an experimental film, a practice run of filming something without a real script, just loose ideas to see what you can come up with... And then they went and released it. If you are expecting a real story, steer clear. If you wanna see pretty actresses, well, gee, there's one here, that masseuse, she is, like, wow! All I'd ever want for Christmas and I promise to be a good boy forever! Get the picture? BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO HAVE SEEN THESE PRETTY ACTRESSES IN PROPER MOVIES OR SOAP OPERAS not this junky thing, AND THAT'S MY POINT and I challenge anybody to disagree with this one. I think this has been my most straightforward review of the lot, double quick time, and really, really helpful, you'd better believe it!

By the way, released in South Africa as "Sexy Women in Trouble" with a very glamorous poster which fortunately features on the DVD box. Really made it look like The Big Thing at first sight, which is why I am so grumpy about it!

True to its title, 2009's "Women In Trouble" is about a bunch of women in an assortment of trouble. The film begins with two women inside a Mexican jail, which turns out to be a film-with-a-film parody sequence of an exploitation movie. You eventually realize that the whole 90 minute feature is self-reflexive parody; although much more subtle than the opening.

Think the Coen Brothers with group of characters speaking out-of-place dialogue in a lot of unusual situations. Think Seinfeld with a lot of disparate pieces in some way related to each other, with the connections eventually coming into focus. Think "The Hours" (2002) with a group of vaguely uneasy women exploring the mysteries of female discontent and finding some solace from shared confidences.

Not a lot of physical humor, nor good acting, nor impressive production design. The writing is the strength of the production and it is excellent. If you don't get subtle parody you would be wise to stay away because there isn't much here for you. You are not the target audience. The only exception would be Marley Shelton fans. She has a very entertaining and clever 10-minute sequence, and looks incredibly hot in a tight flight attendant uniform. For her fans this is a must see even if most of the other material is not their cup of tea.

Those knocking the film simply failed to make the necessary connection with the material, so I wouldn't put much stock in the negative comments and reviews unless they are from someone who tends to mirror your own preferences.

Special features on the DVD includes deleted scenes, a satirical interview that runs after the credits, and Spanish subtitles; given the audio quality and the essential importance of the dialogue the money would have been much better spent on English subtitles.

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

Women in Trouble fmovies. This was an interesting movie, and very nicely told as well.

I thought this movie would be a movie for women mostly, but it was quite alright for guy audiences also, as the story is touching and warm. In this movie you got laughs, tears, hopes and fears. Pretty much covers it all here, and it come out as a marvelous piece of work. Of course, I do not doubt that women audience will delve deeper into the movie and the characters portrayed herein, as the main characters are all female and the story follows their struggles to cope with the situations that life deal them.

The cast was nice, and they all portrayed their characters well, bringing them to life on the screen. You get a lot of story to each character so you can immerse yourself in their situations. Every character of the story brings with her (or him) something unique and touching to the story. The way the characters are brought to life is made in a real believable manner, so you can easy identify yourself with these people.

All story lines entwined well on the screen and there was a wholesome feeling to the entire movie. And the movie deals with real life situations, situations that we all can related to on one level or another. That is what makes the impact of this movie so profound.

I was thoroughly entertained from start till end. And I think you should give this movie a chance, it is somewhat of an underrated gem in the rough. It makes for good, solid entertainment.

I'm not really sure what I saw because this film was a composite of so many different elements. This film was listed under the comedy section from my television video provider. I was unfamiliar with the director, but some of the critiques form IMDb I found interesting, so I gave it a shot. I really believe this director, has a lot of potential. There were some great mise-en-scene; especially the use of rapid fire editorial to punctuate. I was really impressed by the acting, the direction was good, and the script great as well. I laughed and cried, however what really irked me was a lack of cohesion between the disparate vignettes; at times I wondered who edited this movie...other than this pretty good, plus Robyn Hitchcock was involved with the sound track, and this is the first film I have ever see where he contributed. I have been listening to his music for 20 years!

This is one of those movies you find accidentally and then want to run out and tell all your friends to watch!I saw it last night at a special screening and went in expecting to be mildly entertained.Boy,was I in for a surprise. The story is a comic delight,the acting superb and the feeling when it was over made us all stand and applaud.

The story lines weave together in a magical tale of 10 women in varying degrees of trouble,who cross paths,interact and leave the audience very amused.

I will buy this DVD to show to everyone I know!

Nice job Sebastian Gutierrez and the whole cast!