i believe an entire book can be write about the odyssey to remake the classic film on which this film be loosely base . when hollywood first start talk about such enterprise and the reaction be always negative because there be just too many aspect that could have go wrong and start with the solid ensemble that make the original unforgettable and and that exactly where thing begin sour here and with the selection of actress that otherwise can do remarkable work and but that be not suit to the part and and sadly enough and have be direct with the heavy hand of a director that doesn not understand or appreciate the source material . it seem a if there be no focus or direction and or a if the direction that have be take be to obliterate anything that be good about the original film . this be call an updating and a in let drain the story out of humor and snappy dialogue and and any interesting premise . most of all and let prove that woman have come a long way and except that the problem be that we do not really get ( at least by watch this film ) where the woman be truly go . for starter and cast meg ryan in the central role prove almost fatal to the movie because somehow she seem to have lock herself into some sort of limbo where woman do not really change appearance and even after 20 year of work in the movie . her mary which prove to be a difficult role in the 30 and somehow grow from her interaction with the other stereotype and like dorothy in the wizard of oz by learn and observe and and realize that she have a choice in the matter . it might not have be a choice that woman would celebrate nowadays and but it be fun ride and and part of the fun and be the catty and silly and sometimes slapstick routine that elevate that movie into the realm of the sublime . in here and we be down to earth with a thud . by change the nature of sylvia and the film have lose a lot of it spark and and it isn not in anyway annette bening fault . i couldn not help but admire how she try to save this sinking ship and get a sink feeling a she struggle with the horrible line she be handle . thankfully i entertain myself by look at some of her terrific outfit and keep remind myself how talented this lady really be . her sylvia be wise but flawed and and she could have be a great creation . unfortunately ms. english wasn not pay attention to her own work and lose control of the one character that could have turn the film into a fresh direction . yet that wasn not the big blasphemy of them all . in the original and we have joan crawford do probably one of the best performance by a woman . her crystal be legendary and with connive line and incendiary move and duplicitous maneuver and and some very sexy pose . she be the link between the male and the female and and through her we know what the whole catastrophe be about . she provide the tension between men and woman . she be dangerous and sexy and the ultimate femme fatale . a woman of intelligence that we fear and admire and and most importantly and we want to destroy to save our heroine . eva mendes and as gorgeous a she be and be two dimensional in this outing because of weak writing and and once again and some bad casting . there be more atrocity in the film and such a the addition of a terrible role for mensing a the dedicated mother who live for have baby and and the rather annoy lesbian turn by pinkett . then come the big waste of talent in the movie and a bette middler and who be a little unrecognizable in her make up and show the spark of what could have be . her acidic delivery remind u of the contemporary angle the film could have take . her word revive and put a big of much need naughtiness in the film and and it be excite to see that it could really fly and then she be go . she be in the film all of six minute and and she fade away in the middle of the muddle . here be a movie that raise our anticipation level and truly disappointed u and a film that could have join the successful sex in the city who make an amazing transition to the big screen because it respect it source material and do not compromise . it give u more and big and good adaptation . it truly update what have make it successful before . the woman in it present reincarnation need to go back and rework itself and much like the hulk do it this year and find more suitable performer and a really good writer and and most of all and someone who truly treasure what good movie be about .