Release: Excellent Women

Excellent Women
Genre: Drama/Historical
Director: Greta Gerwig
Writer: Rosie JoLove
Based on the novel by Barbara Pym
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Drew Barrymore, Jessica Rothe, Antony Starr, Hugh Dancy, Tom Ellis, Kat Dennings, Jayma Mays, Valorie Curry, Michael Cera, Sally Field




Budget: $28,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $12,053,138
Foreign Box Office: $12,475,952
Total Profit: -$26,860,337

Reaction: After finishing the first half of the season on such a strong note, we now have two consecutive bombs to start the second half of Season 20. Hopefully that will turn around with at least a few hopeful big-budget blockbusters due out in the rest of the season.

"This one turned out to be one of the driest films in some time. The genres don't fit the story, and the cast don't fit their characters outside of Hugh Dancy and Antony Starr. For a film set in 1950s England, this one turned out shockingly un-British." - Brenton Smalls, Playboy

"I did not enjoy the film, the story felt bland. The biggest blemish I had however was the cast. For a film set in 1950's England, the cast felt out of place, I mean to have just two English actors in the cast, it felt like wasted potential. Most of the casts accents were fine, but I just felt the film could have improved with much more emphasis on the British setting and characters." - J. Johnson - DailyMovieNews.com

"Excellent Women is not a bad story - in fact, it's based on a very well-regarded piece of literature. The issue here seems to lie with the filmmakers here telling the story in a straight, serious manner. The novel is a comedy of manners with a dark edge, but writer Rosie JoLove and director Greta Gerwig have opted to tell the story as a straight historical drama even though the story isn't particularly dramatic and outside of a period setting has little-to-nothing to do with the historical drama." - Dave Manning, The Ridgefield Press

Rated PG-13 for language, thematic material and some sexual content