The women

Pointless asking me why I've been watching so many women oriented films!

So I dug out of my dad's collection, a CD with Meg Ryan on the cover, glowing in those golden curls and promptly plonked myself in front of the projection with a bowl of banana chips and Tang.

A quick read of the back told me that this story was first written sometime in the 1930s and Diane English had recently attempted to adapt it to modern day. The story is primarily about Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) and how she handles a cheating husband crisis with her three dear friends.

What I loved about this film is the bright, clean technique it is shot in. From what it seems, Diane English comes off as a first time director who has accomplished a decent job at film making. What makes it even more interesting is how through the film, women's personalities are portrayed quite apart from their male counterparts. Not once do we see any men in the film that are related to the prime women characters, which is a great accomplishment in story telling technique. What this means is that although the story revolves around Mary and her cheating husband, the audience never sees this husband.

Meg Ryan fits the role to the tee with her one dimensional acting skills, backed tightly with Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith and the almost perfect Eva Mendes who plays the part of the vamp.

And once again, over meat platters and cigarettes, my girls and I came together - more over to beat me blue over my sudden obsession with girly film - but this time, BoPeep has a character.

My girls. Freckles, Opium and BoPeep. Cheers!