Pretty Woman 1990

Caryn James, New York Times: It is something special. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: He pays her $3,000 and they fall in love -- ain't Hollywood grand? Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: It's saying Roberts' character becomes a better person when she lands a rich guy and learns to cry at the opera. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The sweetest and most openhearted love fable since The Princess Bride. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: This is old-fashioned, assembly-line moviemaking without the old panache. Read more

Time Out: For a film that attempts to satirise snooty materialism, it focuses too pantingly on the designer labels, and comes down firmly on the side of 'rich is better'. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Pic's casting is astute, with Gere underplaying like a sturdy ballet star who hoists the ballerina Roberts on his shoulders. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: A slick, instantly and entertainingly digestible Cinderella fable. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Pretty Woman seduces all but the most wary. Read more