- Release Date: 2000
- Runtime: 92 min
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Starring: Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau, Mark Feuerstein ... see all
- Director: Fina Torres
- Plot: Isabella is a great cook, making her husband's restaurant in Bahia, Brazil, a success. To control her motion sickness, she must do the driving and be on top during sex,... Read more
User Reviews
Enjoyable
Apr 17, 2007
christina_292003 - yahoo.com
Apr 17, 2007christina_292003 - yahoo.com
I saw this movie recently on tv and thought it was a cute movie however I must say there are some problems the biggest being that her husband cheats on her after catching him and later on decides to take him... Full review
yes woman on top anytime
Feb 18, 2007
sonnysaenz - yahoo.com
Feb 18, 2007sonnysaenz - yahoo.com
Great little movie that hardly anyone has seen..filled with movie magic..Ms Cruz never looked any better I MEAN never..fun movie from start to finsh..you will smile..I can not think of a movie that had so much sex appeal without graphic sex..... Full review
Just for Penelope
Dec 31, 2005
gt40oz - yahoo.com
Dec 31, 2005gt40oz - yahoo.com
I nor no one else would have seen this movie if it wasn't for penelope wearing tight red dress while cooking up incredible food. Playing on my (and most guys) to favorite things in the world, latin woman and food, this... Full review
lovely
Jun 27, 2004
hrmonshi - yahoo.com
Jun 27, 2004hrmonshi - yahoo.com
it was so sweet and very romantic and it is very very pleasure when film finish you have good look to everything and it,s possitive movie in this world that we are living we need to movies like woman on top... Full review
A hilarious Love roller coaster!!Sweet & sexy ;)
Mar 03, 2004
wishazia_mauigirl03 - yahoo.com
Mar 03, 2004wishazia_mauigirl03 - yahoo.com
I first saw it when i rent a tape in our province,I have learned to like it because the story is not complicated,it's very mere & simple.. A story about a girl who is willing to sacrifice everything for the sake... Full review
Critics Reviews
| May 03, 2005Bigpicturebigsound.com, NY
But the film drags from one formulaic punch line to another, with little substance to string it together and turning too often to pseudo-magical realism to propel the plot.
Without much else to hang the film on, director Torres relies on the ample charms of Ms. Cruz.
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| Jan 29, 2001DVD Talk
Final Thoughts : Positive : The movie isn't terribly original, but is cute, charming and funny.
It's a beautiful looking movie with nicely composed images and bright, bold colors.
Still, it's worth looking at as a romantic rental.
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| Sep 29, 2000Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie V
Sexy, funny and fun, this is a fantastic date movie....Guys can drool guilt-free over Ms. Cruz, who is every bit the seductive Pied-Piper the film literally portrays her as in one hilarious scene.....mixes them with a rack-full of creative visual spices and simmers it all over a passionate Bossa Nova-tinged soundtrack..... ... Full Review
| Sep 22, 2000Deseret News
You have to suspend major disbelief if you're going to enjoy "Woman on Top.
Woman on Top" is rated R for strong sexuality and language, as well as some crude humor.
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| Sep 22, 2000Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Rising star Penelope Cruz enchants TV cooking show audiences as Isabella, a gifted Brazilian chef with a penchant for sensuous cooking in the new art film "Woman on Top.
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER MOVIE CRITIC For almost a year now, the little Fox Searchlight company has been beating the drum for its intriguingly titled "erotic-romantic" food comedy, "Woman on Top," which it's been bravely predicting is going to be the art-house hit of the fall -- the 2000 version of "Like Water for Chocolate.
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News
The actress always puts everything into movie characters, so she looks the part on screen - and she goes to great lengths to make sure film fans believe her performances. ... Full Article
Odd Lot Entertainment, Lionsgate and Videocine announced today the start of pre-production on an English-language Mexican-US co-production film, entitled From Prada to Nada . Cannes Golden Camera-winner and Alma-nominated director Fina Torres ( Woman on Top , Oriana ) will... ... Full Article
The documentary, directed by Morgan Dews, was released Friday (February 20) at New York's Quad Cinemas and in an innovative national day-and-date online release via Gigantic Digital . ... Full Article
Woman on Top (15)
viewlondon.co.uk –
2001-01-25
Colourful but uninvolving 'magical' romance, rendered watchable purely due to Penelope Cruz's star-making performance and some nice support from Harrold Perrineau Jr (from Romeo and Juliet ). 2001 looks set to be Penelope Cruz's year - as well as starring... ... Full Article
Woman on Top
rollingstone.com –
2000-12-10
Caramba -- if you haven't already drooled over Penelope Cruz in Spanish films such as All About My Mother or Jam-n Jam-n , which really gives you a gander, this innocuous fluff at least functions as a heads-up. ... Full Article

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