An Entertaining RomCom Introducing Julia Roberts

Rating: 9/10 (22 October 2011)

This movie responsible for introducing to us Julia Roberts and into it is the reason that catapulted her into becoming a Hollywood icon.Aside from its famous song with the same title of the movie,I think that is the biggest reason why one should see this film.Aside from discovering Roberts' ability to act,another reason to watch this movie is to get entertained.That's it.
Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy written by J.F. Lawton and directed by Garry Marshall.It features Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and also Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. Roberts played the only important female character as the prostitute Vivian Ward.
The story of Pretty Woman centers on the down-on-her-luck Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward who is hired by a wealthy businessman, Edward Lewis,played by Gere, to be his escort for several business and social functions, and their developing relationship over the course of Vivian's week-long stay with him.
Self-involved corporate raider Edward Lewis has recently split up with his girlfriend. Seeking directions to the Beverly Hills Hotel, he makes the acquaintance of free-spirited hooker Vivian Ward and decides to put her on a 3,000-dollar retainer as his "date." He Cinderellarizes her by bankrolling a full wardrobe and cosmetic makeover. Of course, the setup will be strictly platonic but later on only to fall in love with one another.
This film had a great performance from Julia Roberts.As charming as she is in her "giggling" sequences, Roberts' best scene is her triumphant return to a posh Rodeo Drive shop where she'd been previously snubbed. She earned in this movie an Academy Award and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.Her presence definitely raised the level of this movie from other romantic comedies.Keeping Pretty Woman afloat throughout is the buoyant direction of Garry Marshall.It was widely successful at the box office, and it became one of the highest moneymakers of 1990. Today it is one of the most financially successful entries in the romantic comedy genre and an entertaining one at that as well.