Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

baphomet93 Bette Midler, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn get divorced by their respective husbands. They team up to see "justice" done to their horrible husbands. What follows is a cavalcade of theft, extortion and blackmail wrapped in the idea that these women are "empowering" themselves. One might imagine it might be more empowering to take their monthly alimony checks and make a new life for themselves. Were one to make a movie about three men who dedicate their time to making the lives of the women who dumped them as miserable as possible but draining away all their wives money and even getting a little violent, such a film would hardly be considered funny. This film is, if anything, a glaring example of the double standard perpetrated by women in society today and I find nothing funny about hypocrisy.

Python Hyena The First Wives Club (1996): Dir: Hugh Wilson / Cast: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth Berkley: An ugly creation of retaliation where the sympathetic wives are as ruthless as their cheating husbands. Three women are dumped by their husbands for younger women, and after a fourth woman commits suicide over her break-up, they band together seeking justice. They form The First Wives Club for battered wives. Goldie Hawn plays an actress down on her luck and resorting to alcohol. Bette Midler eats away her frustration. Diane Keaton is in denial. Good background heads to formula and an ending that justifies revenge. This sort of theme worked much better in the comedy Nine to Five where three female office workers retaliated against their sexist boss. Here it just comes across as merely a lash out at men, as if they are all this bad. Hugh Wilson does a fine job directing but his Police Academy is far more funnier. On the plus side there is fine comic chemistry between the three leading ladies but the husbands are merely props. Elizabeth Berkley plays an underage brainless actress who lives with one of the cheaters. There is a message that many viewers may relate to when it comes to abandoned wives and husbands seeking younger women. The film is great to look at with its stunning art direction that makes the club worth entry. Score: 6 ½ / 10

Veronika Vykoukalova Ever since I've seen this movie for the very first time (even if I didn't completely understand its meaning, as I was just a small kid), I certainly adored this movie. Now that I'm older, I can see how desolating feelings Cynthia had to feel before she made the last step in her life, how frustrated Elis had to be when her husband was coming up clean yet again, how scared Annie had to be when the whole thing started to fall to ruin under her hands, and how terribly alone Brenda felt when she was trying to make a living, scrambling for every dollar. Yet, all three women come together again, and with their united powers will get their revenge, as well as make something amazing for all the women who get into the same situation they themselves were in.This is definitely a favourite of mine, and I watch this movie every time I hit a low point.

didi-5 I really like this film. Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, and Stockard Channing have been friends for years and all have something in common - cheating, flaky husbands. So far, so cliché.But the 'First Wives Club' is an inspired bit of fluff, fun, perceptive, and full of high spirits. These forty-something ladies replaced by younger models aren't going to take their fate lying down, and what a hoot it is watching them set up their outfit to take fickle men to the cleaners.OK, the film is a little sexist, with a one-dimensional view of both men and women; but it succeeds as entertainment. Some of the supporting caricatures are simply hideous, but work well. You can also spot stars of the future such as Sarah Jessica Parker in smaller roles.If you take this film for what it is, you'll probably enjoy it. It's one of those films that you'll either love or hate - but with this calibre of cast it's worth a look.