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Specifications: - Region 1 - Run time: approx. 91 min. - Subtitles: English, Spanish -
Menus: Animated -
Package: Keep case Video Features:
Audio Features: - English: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English: Dolby Surround - French: Dolby Surround
Bonus Materials: - Recipe booklet - Theatrical trailer - International trailer - TV spots (3) -
Theatrical trailers for 6 other Fox
Theatrical Release: 2000 DVD Release: 2/13/01 Review Date: 2/11/01
List price: $ 34.99 On-line price: $ 24.50 Pre-order price was: $ 24.50
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On Top
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Starring: Penelope
Cruz, Murilo Benício,
Director: Fina Torres
MPAA Rating: R Genre: Romance - Comedy Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures (Fox Home Entertainment)
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Movie: B Video: A- Audio: B+ Extras: C-
Summary:
"Woman On
Top" is a satisfying romantic comedy, starring the irresistibly
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The Story
Since a child, Isabella Oliveira is cursed with a severe case of motion sickness. However, she is blessed with amazing beauty and a talent for cooking food that melts the hearts of those who taste her culinary creations. She meets and marries her first love, Toninho (Murilo Benício). He makes her the chef of his restaurant but stifles her by shutting her in the kitchen. At home, he doesn't enjoy being on the bottom, though she insists that she has to be on top due to her severe motion sickness.
One night, Isabella catches her husband with another woman. Determined to leave this mentally and emotionally stifling relationship, she travels to San Francisco and tries to take up on one of the many job offers that has been extended to her while working in her husband's restaurant. After being turned away by these contacts, she takes a position as an instructor at a culinary school. With her irresistible beauty, she attracts a number of men to her class, including a local TV show producer, Cliff Lloyd (Mark Feuerstein).
Mesmerized by Isabella's beauty, charm and culinary talents, Cliff offers her to star in her own cooking show. Without many other promising options, Isabella takes Cliff up on his offer and begins to work on her cooking show. The show becomes a huge success in the San Francisco market, attracting more men viewers than most other cooking shows.
Desperate
to win his wife back, Toninho travels to San Francisco and is surprised
to find Isabella
on TV. Things begin to get really complicated for Isabella when
she becomes torn between her newly separated husband and Cliff, her TV
show producer who has more than just a pure professional interest in
her. We'll leave at that and let you find you which man Isabella
will end up being on top of.
The Extras
Video & Audio
The image quality of this anamorphic widescreen DVD is very good. The colors are accurate and saturated, while shadow details are well rendered. The Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound is very well balanced and effective. The dialogue is clear, while the cool Brazilian music score effectively engages the viewer in this Bossa Nova styled romantic comedy.
Recommendation
Penelope Cruz is perfect in her role as the irresistibly charming and sexy Isabella. The Brazilian musical score that frequently accompanies this romantic comedy is equally beautiful and mesmerizing. As a romantic comedy, "Woman On Top" is satisfying and worth sharing with the one you love.
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