Small classic rom-com

Rating: 7/10 (27 March 2019)

"Pretty Woman" has what seems like such a cookie cutter Hollywood plot that it is a surprise to see that it works and is a small classic of its type.
Romantic comedies are, perhaps, necessarily formulaic. People don't want to be challenged when they watch one of those. If "Pretty Woman" has any challenges they are in Julia Roberts' performance, which is really what makes the movie work.
Richard Gere, on the other hand, is kind of a dull actor, and I thought the movie was a bit overlong.