Fresh
Attains a rarified air of fantasy that may not be wholly uncalculated, but with Cruz at its center is certainly watchable.
John Anderson, Newsday
Woman on Top
A sexy comedy that turns happily ever after upside down.
2000 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Fina Torres
Overview
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.
Director and cast
- Fina Torres Director
- Penélope Cruz as Isabella Oliveira
- Murilo Benício as Toninho Oliveira
- Mark Feuerstein as Cliff Lloyd
- John de Lancie as Alex Reeves
- Anne Ramsay as TV Director
- Ana Gasteyer as Claudia Hunter
- Harold Perrineau as Monica Jones
- June Carryl as Zeke
- Bob Greene as Nikos
- Lázaro Ramos as Max
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
34%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A souffle that collapses before it reaches the half-baked stage.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
Too flimsily built and baldly unfunny.
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
Rotten
An actively annoying experience.
Robert Horton, Film.com
Fresh
A romantic fairy tale that's light and in several ways seductive, if not exactly filling. Still, there's always something enticing for the eye.
Jay Carr, Boston Globe
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