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starstarstar Charles Ealy - Dallas Morning News
starstarstar Bob Graham - SF Chronicle
starstarstar Andy Seiler - USA Today
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstarstar Jonathan Foreman - NY Post
starstarstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstar Robert Horton - Film.com
starstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstar Elvis Mitchell - NY Times
starstar Bob Aulert - culturevulture.net
starstar Stephanie Zacharek - Salon
starstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews

“[A] pleasurable piece of fluff, full of vibrant colors, music and sexuality”

- Charles Ealy

“[T]akes three apparent can't-miss ingredients – sex, cooking, and magic realism – and combines them into a soufflé that collapses before it reaches the half-baked stage”

- James Berardinelli

Woman on Top
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In this fairy tale/comedy, a talented and beautiful Brazilian chef (Penélope Cruz) leaves her unfaithful husband and moves to San Francisco, where she becomes the star of a cooking show and the object of many men's affections. Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau Jr., John de Lancie, Mark Feuerstein. Director: Fina Torres (2000, R)
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