Woman on Top
The film is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Brazilian chef Isabella Oliveira moves to San Francisco when her husband, frustrated by her motion sickness, cheats on her.
31 August 1947, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 July 1956, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
21 September 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 July 1972, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
17 July 1972, Plattsburgh, New York, USA
6 February 1932
11 September 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 March 1955, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
10 June 1967, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
1 November 1978, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
4 May 1967, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
21 November 1966, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21 June 1962, Palo Alto, California, USA
27 June 1976, Rodelas, Bahia, Brazil
21 June 1976, San Francisco, California, USA
September 16, 2007
Cruz smolders with sexuality.
January 01, 2000
Cruz has everything it takes to be a big star, except maybe, in this case, the right movie.
January 01, 2000
Tries too hard to be playful and sensual, wacky and romantic, and comes away feeling fake and prefabricated instead.
September 23, 2006
Wildly mediocre.
January 02, 2011
Penelope Cruz and little else in this so-so comedy
January 01, 2000
Hopefully, somebody soon -- maybe Billy Bob Thornton with the upcoming All the Pretty Horses -- will give this girl a real movie.
January 01, 2000
Benicio and Cruz (who displays more cleavage than kitchen skills) can coast only so long on their physical appeal; their skin-deep characters quickly wear out their welcome.
May 16, 2009
"Woman On Top" is a chick flick with so much colorfully spicy Brazilian food being passed around as a shared aphrodisiac, that audience couples will be running out the cinema for food and bed.
December 30, 2003
How is it possible for a movie about two hot Latin lovers and spicy South American food, to be so bland?
January 01, 2000
A succession of Cruz close-ups -- as striking as they may be -- do not a feature make. One also could use a plot, a soupon of conflict and a heroine with more substance than an inflatable doll.
July 01, 2004
May remind you of Like Water For Chocolate without the tragedy and subtitles.
January 01, 2000
There's a forced sprightliness, here, that reminds me too much of how people get at the end of a party -- you know, when they've stopped having fun but can't quite muster the will to leave or clean up the trash and vomit.
