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Has anyone seen this movie? It's a comedy with Meg Ryan and some others... pretty good movie. It's definitely a chick flick. I watched it tonight and liked it. It's about a woman who's husband has an affair and how she and her friends/family deal with it. Some of the stuff sounded an awful lot like MB and I was wondering if they might have gotten some of it from here.
It covers her doing almost a Plan B, the OW being manipulative, the young daughter's angst about her parents breaking up, and a lot more. Watch it and see if you don't recognize MB philosophies sprinkled throughout.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
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It was kind of a plan B, but they didn't pick it up from MBs. It is a remake of "The Women" made in the late 1930s. Rent the original movie or try to catch it on Turner Classic Movie Channel. It stars Norma Shearer(BW), Joan Crawford (OW), and Rosalind Russell (Annette Benning's character). I think the original is much funnier. Be warned, though, there is an especially cheesy final shot of Mary's "reunion" with her husband. 
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It's a remake of an earlier 1930's B&W film In the first film, there was one color sequence - the fashion show .... (weird) The first one is available on Netflicks - check it out PS - I liked the latest one so much I got the DVD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women_(film) based on an original play http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women
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Shows you much I know!  I'll check out the old movie. Thanks!
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Some of the stuff sounded an awful lot like MB You are so right about that! Especially her mother's (Candice Bergen) reaction to hearing about the affair ....
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Just saw that The Women (1939) is going to be shown this Sunday on TCM at noon EST.
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Does this mean that Dr Harley learned MB techniques from this film?
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Married 1989
His PA 2003-2006
2 kids.
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Just saw that The Women (1939) is going to be shown this Sunday on TCM at noon EST. Thanks for the headsup!
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Does this mean that Dr Harley learned MB techniques from this film? 
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You're welcome. If I remember correctly, there is only plan D and a continuous plan A in the original movie. Let me know what you think if you have the chance to watch it.
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