SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

oOoBarracuda Gene Wilder returned to writing and directing in 1984 with his film The Woman in Red. Starring Gene Wilder, in another lead role, Kelly LeBrock, and Gilda Radner, this very 80's comedy was a fun watch for audiences. A much better final product of Gene Wilder's directing abilities, The Woman in Red provided an insight into marriage as seen through married middle-aged men looking fir adventure outside of their marriage. Mid-life crisis are difficult, especially when four friends experience one at the same time.Teddy Pierce is a middle-aged man at a mid-level point in his career with a wife and two teen-aged daughters. He has hit a stall in his life and is bored. When he sees Charlotte (Kelly LeBrock) walk over a storm grate sending her red dress flying around her in the air, Teddy is hooked. He begins trying to change aspects about himself to make him appear more attractive to the beautiful younger woman. Teddy buys new clothes, straightens and styles his curly bush of hair, and takes up horseback riding. At each step of the way he is nervous to step out on his wife, as Teddy is the only one of his friends to not cheat on their wives, or run around outside of marriage. Teddy has a problem even gaining the interest of Charlotte, which becomes a full-time job in itself. When he finally does, Teddy must decide if his new quest for adventure is worth sacrificing everything in his life for. Everything about The Woman in Red screams 80's film. There was great Stevie Wonder movie all throughout the film, winning him an Academy Award. This was also a much better directorial effort from Wilder. He wasn't so unhinged, which may have been aided by his advanced age by the time of this film's production, which greatly helped the coherency of this film. The film is definitely not one to show to newlyweds or anyone with marriage on the horizon. Filled with characters who are cheating on their wives, having affairs with people cheating on their partner's, or thinking about cheating on their spouses; it definitely works to dissuade me from marriage. Hopefully, I'll still eventually marry and this won't turn me off of the idea completely.

mortiis33-969-390769 Quite possible I was one of the only children in my small town at the time of this film's release who had a crush on Kelly LeBrock. I know, I know, I was only eight years of age when I managed to see it, but something about it drew me in.Gene Wilder does what Gene Wilder does best - plays a very gallant and clumsy yet lovable character. I had not seen him in anything other than Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory before this, so I did know who he was.Kelly stole this film though for me. From her entrancing entrance on screen when her dress flies up around her waist to "that" lovely nude shot at the end - my eight year old heart had been stolen.I immediately did everything I could (there was NO internet back then) to find out more about her, and began to slowly learn little details, and even wrote to her "fan club!" I like to think I would have been one of her youngest fans, yet I never did hear back...Well 0ver two decades later, and I still adore Kelly LeBrock, have seen everything she's been in (even tried writing to her again after Weird Science and Hard to Kill came out), but seriously, this is possibly her best role - she suites it more-so than anything else she's been cast in (perhaps with the exception of Weird Science - but that's a whole different review!).The comedic elements to this film are actually very few - I consider this more of a romantic drama with a couple of comedic scenes rather than a full-on laugh-fest.The film paints a picture of Wilder chasing LeBrock which at times does feel a little forced, but is enjoyable nonetheless, because LeBrock is so beautiful, and Wilder is just lovable too! People who have rated this film low, have obviously no idea on what makes a good movie, nor a good story. This film is actually incredibly well written, and being an author myself, I can truly appreciate that.It was also one of the very few non-horror films of my childhood that I saw, so for someone who was an absolute glutton for horror movies to adore this film just as much - it's gotta be good, right?! Do yourselves a favor and check this one out. You won't regret it!

mark.waltz While this is an American film version of a foreign film, it seems more to be a rip-off of "10". Married Gene Wilder spots a beautiful woman (Kelly Lee Brock) and becomes obsessed with her. He basically spends 90 minutes humiliating himself, leading on a needy secretary (Gilda Radner, totally wasted), and making excuses to his devoted wife (Judith Ivey). Radner tries to be funny with her "Fatal Attraction" like revenge, but the material betrays her. Some good shots of mid 80's San Francisco and a series of pleasant songs by Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick (including the Academy Award Winning "I Just Called to Say I Love You") help make this a slight bit more tolerable, but the humor is juvenile, the set-up beyond believable, and the script (by Wilder) dull. A scene with one of Wilder's workers pretending to be blind in a restaurant and destroying it is a pale imitation of the similar scene in the W.C. Fields classic "It's a Gift" and totally out of place.As for LeBrock, she is certainly eye catching in the garage scene wearing the titular red dress, but is a beautiful block of ice otherwise. Wilder is a talented comic, but he seems to be holding back (strange considering he was directing himself speaking his own dialog!) and is definitely missing the partnership that shown on screen for him with Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor in previous ventures. Radner, one of the funniest women since Lucy, deserved much better in the few films she made, and her presence is a total missed opportunity. Ivey would fare better on stage and in later character roles where she was truly able to let herself go. Joseph Bologna and Charles Grodin are even more wasted as Wilder's cronies. With talent like this, you expect so much more.

Vivekmaru45 This is the film which is very dear to me. It stars my favorite actor: Gene Wilder.The film deals with the topic of love-at-first-sigh and what a love and at what a time in his life!!! San Francisco ad man Teddy Pierce (Wilder) falls head over heals in love with Charlotte (Kelly LeBrock) as she walks over a grate and a rush of air from the grate causes her skirt to lift up in a revealing manner (a parody of Marilyn Monroe in The Seven-Year Itch).Teddy is happily married to Didi, but he can't get this woman out of his mind. Encouraged by his friends Buddy, Joe and Michael, he tries to ask her for a date but mistakenly phones Ms. Milner, a plain ad-agency employee, instead. Teddy ultimately does become acquainted with Charlotte.He begins using elaborate ruses to see her socially without his wife finding out. Meanwhile, he incurs the wrath of Ms. Milner, whom he stands up. Events come to a head in Charlotte's high-rise apartment, where she invites Teddy into her bed.What happens next is for YOU to find out.Buy this one without further delay.