Woman on Top

With beautiful Brazilian music, gorgeous cinematography and a clever and moody plot, I forgot how good this movie really is. It is inventive enough to stand out from all the other monotonous chick flicks, but still makes you laugh and fall in love with the characters. It is just the right combination of wit, heart and depth; not shallow, but sweet enough to go to sleep right after. Love this movie and wish they would make some more nowadays that are like it.

One of my favorite movies. A story of love lost and found through the cooking of spicy, Brazilian dishes.

I didn’t like it

I have only watched this movie or had it playing in the background of my life about sixty times since I bought it. It is a sweet romantic comedy like the old 30's or 40's classics, with a touch of South American magic realism. Wonderful Brazilian music. Penelope Cruz is just charming and lovely to watch, her best friend is an unforgettable character, and I may watch the film another sixty times to see her husband sing his songs. The movies is visually beautiful and just plain fun. While you are on Amazon order the soundtrack for your car because you won't want to leave the music at home!

Good movie, glad to finally get to see Penelope naked she's always been on my top 10

Box came completely destroyed and opened. Disk scratched like crazy. If this doesn’t play I’m returning it and will be demanding a full refund. I didn’t order used!!!!!

This aesthetic is in again, at least in 2022. I love this movie its light hearted. Penelope cruz is so feminine and fun to watch. Its not about setting a bad example for women, its for women who do give a second chance because 100s of millions do, to not feel alone.

Oh dear, where do I begin? "Woman On Top" aspires to be a romantic comedy that mixes fairytale cliches, Brazilian cooking, Brazilian sensuality, Brazilian music, and Brazilian superstition to make us all fall in love. It fails on all accounts. First off, the acting is horrible throughout. The script doesn't give Penelope Cruz, who is beautiful and talented, the necessary ingredients to play the kind of spicy hot sex goddess that makes all blue-collar American men crowd the television sets in a dive bar or follow her around town. Cruz should have been allowed to channel her inner Sophia Loren or Gina Lollobrigida...not to channel her meek, innocent Audrey Hepburn. Her suitors in the love triangle are two bland Prince Charming types. While both are pretty to look at, they are also pretty dull. One sings although you will likely not remember any of his songs. The other supposedly hiccups in stressful situations, but there is only one scene where he actually does that. Cruz's drag queen best friend gets the best...and worst lines. Now, let's get back to that awful script. It is full of witless banter, corny sentiment, and cringe-worthy lines like "Hold your peppers." Although the special effects, used primarily to punctuate the fairy tale aspect of the film, are cheesy and weird, the effects are also the most watchable part of the film. Overall, this lightheaded dud of a movie will not win males over to the chick flick genre. In fact, I can't imagine females relating to these characters either. So if you still feel as though you need to watch this film, bring a stomach pump. Your significant other will thank you later.