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Woman on Top
The film is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Brazilian chef Isabella Oliveira moves to San Francisco when her husband, frustrated by her motion sickness, cheats on her.
26 May 1978, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
31 August 1947, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 February 1939, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 June 1976, Rodelas, Bahia, Brazil
20 June 1957, Oporto, Portugal
December 30, 2003
How is it possible for a movie about two hot Latin lovers and spicy South American food, to be so bland?
January 01, 2000
A succession of Cruz close-ups -- as striking as they may be -- do not a feature make. One also could use a plot, a soupon of conflict and a heroine with more substance than an inflatable doll.
January 01, 2000
Hopefully, somebody soon -- maybe Billy Bob Thornton with the upcoming All the Pretty Horses -- will give this girl a real movie.
May 16, 2009
"Woman On Top" is a chick flick with so much colorfully spicy Brazilian food being passed around as a shared aphrodisiac, that audience couples will be running out the cinema for food and bed.
January 01, 2000
Benicio and Cruz (who displays more cleavage than kitchen skills) can coast only so long on their physical appeal; their skin-deep characters quickly wear out their welcome.
September 16, 2007
Cruz smolders with sexuality.
January 01, 2000
Tries too hard to be playful and sensual, wacky and romantic, and comes away feeling fake and prefabricated instead.
September 23, 2006
Wildly mediocre.
January 01, 2000
There's a forced sprightliness, here, that reminds me too much of how people get at the end of a party -- you know, when they've stopped having fun but can't quite muster the will to leave or clean up the trash and vomit.
July 01, 2004
May remind you of Like Water For Chocolate without the tragedy and subtitles.
January 02, 2011
Penelope Cruz and little else in this so-so comedy
January 01, 2000
Cruz has everything it takes to be a big star, except maybe, in this case, the right movie.
