PRETTY WOMAN (1990)

"Pretty Woman" is your not-so-traditional "fairy tale" romance that features megastars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in their first of what would become several appearances together. Gere plays your typical cut-throat business mogul whose specialty is to "de-center" companies (e.g. buying them out and selling them off, in pieces, for profit, large profit). While in L.A. on a routine business trip he decides to pick up a prostitute, Roberts, after some witty street-side banter. Unexpectedly, the two take a liking to one another and Gere sets about turning this street girl into quite a pretty woman in deed. But with her reckless past now connected to Gere's reputation, there's trouble in the forecast for these two unlikely love birds. Still, romantic comedies never like to end sour and as such, this film pulls out all the classic clichés in a fresh, witty, romantic way that leaves our prince and damsel in distress better people for their acquaintanceship.

The cast includes: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, Laura San Giacamo, Jason Alexander, and Hector Elizondo.

The director, Gary Marshall, serves up a "Cinderella" story for the 1990s, wowing viewers, particularly women.

The Pretty Woman Review

"She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart."