mary haines ( meg ryan ) a rich woman discover her husband be cheat on her with a young woman ( eva mendes ) . she doesn not know what to do and friends sylvia fowler ( annette bening ) and edie cohen ( debra messing ) and alex fisher ( jad pinkett smith ) try to help . ok there be no reason to redo the 1939 movie . that a true classic and doesn not need to be update and redone . naturally it be do . this have get some of the bad review i have ever see for a motion picture . i love the original and have see it many time i be constantly compare it to that . now this isn not a classic but it not that bad . minor spoiler . first the bad the story be old and be ( badly ) update . really a man cheat on his wife be hardly shock today . meg ryan ( a wonderful actress ) be pretty terrible here . her face seem unable to change expression . i couldn not believe how bad some of her scene come over . eva mendes be bad too but it not entirely her fault . her role be badly write and she have to compete with joan crawford from the original . smith character ( a tough lesbian ) go to piece in an operating room . it be funny . but it show that a strong woman instantly go to piece when confront an emergency . also the script insert some clumsy passage where ryan talk to her daughter about be yourself . in those moment it seem more like a lifetime movie than anything else . now the good this movie retain the original decision to never show a man on screen . this movie be about and for woman men aren not need ( btw i be a man ) . bening be just great a fowler whenever she on screen the movie make a great leap . also smith be just wonderful she doesn not overplay ( or underplay ) her lesbian character too much . messing be good too but she not in this much . bette midler be just hysterical in a small role and cloris leachman pull off the nothing role of a housekeeper . the direction be good too especially during a fashion show sequence . i hear director diane english purportedly have a lot of trouble direct her first full length movie but it doesn not show in the final product . also there be some clever reference to the original ( mostly certain line ) that be insert with no fuss . i saw this in an audience full of woman ( there be a few guy but not many ) and they love it . the movie end on an operating room sequence that have everybody howling . so this wasn not need but it not the disaster people be say it be . also people be say we do not need a movie with all woman . well why not . i see plenty of movie with all guy in the cast and no one complain about that . ignore the complaint and bad review and see this . with a good performance by ryan i might have give this an 8 or 9 but and a it be and i can only give it a 7 .