Pretty Woman (1990)
She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart.
Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense approach to life, and soon they are teaching each other – and falling in love!
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 23 March 1990 |
| Genre | Romance, Comedy |
| Director | Garry Marshall |
| Starring | Julia Roberts, Richard Gere and Ralph Bellamy |
| Runtime | 120 min |
| Rated | R |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 6/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 66% · Metacritic 51/100 · TMDB users 7.4/10 |
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What kind of watch this is
Pretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy that runs 120 minutes. It pairs Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in a week-long arrangement that blurs the line between transaction and affection. Garry Marshall directs it. The film leans on the contrast between Vivian’s streetwise energy and Edward’s corporate stiffness. It is a clean, efficient piece of pop-culture history. The ending is the part people remember.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes lists the film at 65% approval with an average of 6/10. Metacritic assigns it a 51, which it categorizes as mixed or average. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it an A. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised the "particularly romantic kind of love" and the performances. He noted Gere’s swagger was gone, replaced by something tentative. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave it a D, calling it a "plastic screwball soap opera." He later softened his stance, saying he would give it a B today.
How it did with audiences
Grossing $463 million worldwide, it became Disney’s highest-grossing film ever at the time, a title it held until Deadpool & Wolverine took the crown in 2024. It ranked as the third highest-grossing film globally. On TMDB, users rate it 7.4 out of 10. For a movie about a businessman buying a weekend with a prostitute, the audience clearly decided the value proposition was sound.
What came next for the cast
For Julia Roberts, the jump was from Mystic Pizza to Ocean’s Eleven. She traded the quiet for the heist. Richard Gere moved from Days of Heaven to Primal Fear, a shift from pastoral dread to legal thriller. Jason Alexander, already known for Seinfeld, slid into Shallow Hal. The credits do not claim Pretty Woman built these careers. They simply list what followed. Sometimes the after is just a longer list of before.
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Sources
- Pretty Woman on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q207954 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Pretty Woman” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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