Der Club der Teufelinnen (1996)
57KDer Club der Teufelinnen: Directed by Hugh Wilson. With Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith. Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.
“I came into this film with fairly low expectations as I wasnu0026#39;t sure that it would be my sort of thing. However, I must admit that I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe premise is rather simple and focuses on 3 old college friends who end up re-united due to the death of their old college friend Cynthia (Stockard Channing). The 3 college friends are Elise Elliot (Goldie Hawn), Brenda Cushman (Bette Midler) and Annie Paradis (Diane Keaton). Whilst, the circumstances surrounding their reunion are unfortunate, the 3 women use this opportunity to catch up. Whilst, it is clear that they have lived rather different lives since they left college, they find that they all have one thing in common; their husbandu0026#39;s have left them for/cheated on them with young women. With the 3 protagonists feeling disgruntled about the way theyu0026#39;ve been treated, they decide to set up the First Wives Club and take revenge on their cheating husbands;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhilst, the film is rather slow to get moving, I did find that this to be an enjoyable film. This film was a lot of fun with plenty of laughs. The 3 protagonists characters were all well developed and some of the schemes they come up with to get their own back on their respective partners were rather clever. I felt that Goldie Hawn gave the stand out performance, but thatu0026#39;s not to discredit Midler and Keaton who were also fantastic.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat really impressed me about the First Wives Club was the ending (which I wonu0026#39;t give away), but letu0026#39;s just say that there was slightly more to it than meets the eye.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, this was a fun ride with plenty of laughs. The plot summary will suggest that it is geared more towards women and if Iu0026#39;m honest I think that more women will enjoy this than men. Having said that Iu0026#39;m a man and I still enjoyed it. Give it a try!”
