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  • 2002
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2002
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary When a wealthy French family gathers for Christmas, their country estate is thrown into an uproar when the father of the family is murdered. The only possible suspects are the eight women in the house, each of whom has secrets and a motive to kill him.

Directed By: François Ozon

Written By: Marina de Van, Robert Thomas, Robert Thomas, François Ozon

  • 2002
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2002
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 51 m

8 Women

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 30 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings
6.6
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Summary When a wealthy French family gathers for Christmas, their country estate is thrown into an uproar when the father of the family is murdered. The only possible suspects are the eight women in the house, each of whom has secrets and a motive to kill him.

Directed By: François Ozon

Written By: Marina de Van, Robert Thomas, Robert Thomas, François Ozon

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 30 Critic Reviews
64
77% Positive
23 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 30 Critic Reviews
64
77% Positive
23 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews

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100
The secret to enjoying 8 Women is to check your analytical mind at the popcorn counter and settle back for almost two hours of cinematic mischief.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
80
Seduction is more important than deduction in this chic display of star quality to the eighth power.
By Richard Corliss FULL REVIEW
75
An ebullient toast to grande dames: part homage, part camp, all artifice and a thoroughly entertaining, if light, confection.
By Loren King FULL REVIEW
75
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.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
70
A gorgeous, if disjointed, spectacle, made endurable – if not entirely comprehensible – by its eye-popping cast.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
50
Without its cast -- the cream of France's female acting elite -- François Ozon's ambivalent musical-comedy homage to the 1950s wouldn't be much.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
10
For all the tumultuous entrances and flouncing exits, the eight principals manage maybe three laughs among them.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings
6.6
64% Positive
14 Ratings
27% Mixed
6 Ratings
9% Negative
2 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings
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64% Positive
14 Ratings
27% Mixed
6 Ratings
9% Negative
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Production Company BIM Distribuzione, Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Fidélité Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Gimages 5, Local Films, Mars Distribution
Release Date Sep 20, 2002
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Living in a house full of women can be murder.
Website http://www.bimfilm.com/8donne/
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 12 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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