Pretty Woman Essay

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“Pretty Woman” is a trumped-up, adult oriented version of “Cinderella”.

This movie is by far one of my favorite romantic comedies from the 1990’s. If you haven’t

seen “Pretty Woman” I highly recommend that you do, if you're a hopeless romantic such as

myself. I want to tell you about the plot of the movie, to the actors in it and how dynamite their

performance was in making this film a #1 Hit. A very wealthy, and successful lawyer, Edward Lewis, stumbles across a beautiful and unlikely hooker, Vivian Ward, from Sunset Boulevard and ask her to join him for the night in his hotel in Beverly Hills. The morning after, Edward wakes up and ask Vivian to stay the whole week, to go along various business events with him. And of course
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Julia Roberts plays in an Oscar nominating, icon-making role (imdb.com reviews) as Vivian Ward, and like any other movie she performs in does a fantastic job. From her huge read hair to her charming big smile, “Pretty Woman” was definitely one of her prime movies. She is one of my all time favorite actresses in the business, still to this day. She has this Charisma about her that drawls you in and keeps you hooked. From the scenes in the movie where she was laughing hysterically to singing in the bathtub. Roberts is made this movie the hit it was. Richard Gere played as Edward Lewis, the tough, vain, wealthy Prince that saved the princess from the “prostitute life” she was living. I haven’t seen many movies from Gere, but he certainly won me over in this film. He played his role with such confidence and stubbornness, you didn't know what was up his sleeve next. He kept Roberts on her toes, yet making her fall for his tough man act. The two meshed very well together in this film, making it even more interesting to keep your eyes glued to the screen with every scene. “Pretty Woman” was widely successful at the box office and became one of the highest-grossing films of 1990. The film is one of the most popular films of all time; it saw the highest number of ticket sales in the US ever for a romantic

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