not a bad role for Julia Roberts

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2004)

Julia Roberts is irritating at the best of times, but in 'Pretty Woman' she is even watchable, as is Richard Gere. It isn't a great film, perhaps not even a good one, but it is enjoyable fluff - empty-headed plot, silly twist on the Cinderella story - which uses two assets (Roy Orbison's title song, and 30s star Ralph Bellamy as the guy who runs the firm Gere is after) very well indeed. My favourite bit though is when Roberts goes shopping and turns from tarty hooker to high-class escort lady. And of course, as this is a fairy tale we can guess the ending pretty early on, no paying attention required!