And God Created Woman (1988)

5/10

claudio_carvalho2 April 2005

In New Mexico, the prisoner Robin Shea (Rebecca De Mornay) has an intercourse with the simple carpenter Billy Moran (Vincent Spano) and in order to get her probation, she proposes him US$ 5,000.00 to get married with her for one year. Billy accepts, expecting to have sex with her, but she does not include this type of service in their deal. Meanwhile, she uses and is used by a powerful politician, James Tiernan (Frank Langela), who is trying to be elected the next governor of New Mexico. What a corny movie is this "And God Created the Woman"! The story is quite ridiculous and the flick is worthwhile only due to the sexy body of Rebecca De Mornay, always naked or half naked. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "E Deus Criou a Mulher" ("And God Created the Woman")

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5/10

It's Rebecca De Mornay

rubyjuno21 October 2021

I've been watching movies for over 50 years and I've been a member of IMDB for many years, but I've only written a handful of reviews because of IMDB's restrictions on review length. I don't suppose anyone will ever read this review as the movie is over 30 years old, but I've just watched it for the first time tonight so I'm going to write a review anyway.

The good: 1. It's Rebecca De Mornay.

2. It's directed by Roger Vadim who made the original movie of this title featuring the goddess Brigitte Bardot.

3. Did I mention that it stars Rebecca De Mornay?

The bad: 1. No one in this movie can act.

2. There is no discernible plot.

3. Everyone in the movie has a horrendous 80's haircut.

4. The point of the movie seems to be about Rebecca De Mornay being some sort of musical talent, but the music is awful.

To sum up; it's a terrible movie, but despite the mullet, it's still Rebecca De Mornay.

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5/10

Cringe worthy 80s love triangle with brief nude DeMornay.

TheSteelHelmetReturns6 November 2010

Roger Vadim's remake of his own film opens with a ridiculous jail break from what appears to be a soccer mum in a mullet and tracksuit and leads to a number of other embarrassing sequences that are at least saved with an early nude scene from Rebecca DeMornay. The moment is quickly ruined by a music sequence or however else Vadim over idealises his leading lady. It turns out this scene indicates DeMornay's desire to escape from prison and pursue her realistic dream of being a famous rock and roll star. The whole experience starts getting humorous when DeMornay is sent back to prison and arranges to marry a young carpenter to beat parole on the advice of Frank Langella, a candidate running for governor of New Mexico that ran into DeMornay during her failed escape from prison. Despite the obvious predictability of the love triangle that film will pursue the film is redeemed from plenty of comedic moments thanks to the strong performances from DeMornay and a whole cast of unknown actors. It turns out irresponsible screw ups are a great source of comedy. However, plenty of embarrassing moments continue to show up in the film including a cringe worthy disrobing of some random actress who rocked up to work in granny panties and a nauseating navel gazing Langella. It is pretty depressing seeing how easily the men in this film can be led just because someone is attractive regardless what a terrible human being said person is. I think the film is meant to be a farce, it's all very light hearted with some tacky New Romantic 80s pop thrown in.

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Another 80's movie.

BlackJack_B15 December 2001

One thing I've always admired about 80's movies is that they all have that "Miami Vice look". The groundbreaking show featured hip clothing for the time as well as lots of music playing (hits or otherwise) when there was no dialogue. Today, we don't have that in films or T.V., but in the last great decade, it was everywhere. I've wondered if there ever was a true 90's movie?

And God Created Woman continues this trend. This film was made during the "hip" trend of the late 80's, when people gave up their feathered mullets and ugly tank-tops and started wearing the suits, hats, and skinny ties that were in style. The ladies would wear acid-wash jeans and what-not.

This story is a different version of the original Bardot film that made Roger Vadim a star. In this one, Rebecca De Mornay plays Robin Shea, a convict who wants to make it big as a rock 'n roll star. However, she is doing time for something and she has to wait for her parole. The story that unfolds is the kind of unbelievable pap that came out in the 50's but is set in the 80's. It's just a fairy tale. The story is too mundane to even explain, because you've seen it before.

I will say that the acting is mediocre at best. Only Vincent Spano, who plays a decent guy who ends up in cahoots with De Mornay delivers a good performance. Frank Langella sleepwalks his way through his role as a prospective candidate for the governship of New Mexico who also gets involved with De Mornay. De Mornay herself is very cute, but plays a rogue who nobody would approve of. Everyone else is just a cardboard extra. The soundtrack is decent (all movies came out with a soundtrack, it seemed). All in all, not good, but better than the crap coming out today, I guess.

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3/10

don't like much in this

SnoopyStyle8 April 2016

Robin Shea (Rebecca De Mornay) escapes from a New Mexico prison. She hitches a ride with James Tiernan (Frank Langella) who is running for governor. It turns out he's visiting the prison and he tells her to sneak back in. She runs into carpenter Billy Moran (Vincent Spano) who helps her and has sex with her. She calls up Tiernan who tells her to get marry for a better chance at parole. She offers $5k to Moran to marry her. She gets parole and moves in with him who lives with his son Timmy and his brother Peter. The usual relationship struggles.

This is notable for director Roger Vadim revisiting his iconic creation. It starts like an erotic B-movie with a naked De Mornay and women's prison. Then it become awkward with an angry Billy Moran. There is so much cheese that it is irredeemably bad. Even the rock music playing is cheesy. Robin Shea is not a compelling character and I don't like their relationship. There is very little appealing about this movie.

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2/10

Pointless Mess

LeaBlacks_Balls21 February 2010

Probably one of the worst movies of the 1980's, 'And God Created Woman' stars Rebecca De Mornay as Robin, a prison inmate who convinces the prison handyman (Spano) to marry her for a large sum of money so she can get released on parole. When she's out, they move in together and don't get along. Robin starts a rock-band, hoping to fulfill her life long dreams of becoming famous. Soon Robin catches the eye of local senator James Tiernan, and they eventually have an affair. As Robin's new found freedom is put in jeopardy, she must do whatever she can to remain free, while not hurting the man she really loves.

If there was ever a movie looking for a point, this is it. The movie has no direction, it wants to be too many things and ends up nowhere. There are prison breaks, gratuitous sex, family squabbles, political banquets, and rock bands. The writing in this is so over the top I had a hard time figuring out if this movie was intended as a drama or a comedy.

Hack director Roger Vadim, remaking his own 1956 film of the same name, had hoped this might do for De Morney what the original film did for famous sex symbol Brigitte Bardot, but the film turned out to be a box-office dud, and she'd have to wait a few more years before her chilling performance in 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle' finally saw her deservedly hit the big time.

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4/10

A laugher

thepartydjz26 February 2009

I couldn't stop laughing, this could easily become a cult classic for it's over the top writing, acting, music, everything. There were some hotter erotic scenes that were probably the only reason anyone ever watched the entire film. So predictable and ridiculous that it's one chuckle after another, so I guess I enjoyed it a little, but most likely not for the same reasons the film was made.

Apparently I need to write 10 lines of text to be considered a full review, I thought I summed it up in 2 sentences. This movie has no direction, it wants to be too many things and ends up nowhere. My only comment on De Mornay is that although she had her moments, on stage and being sultry, it seems to me she has about as much talent as most strippers.

This film is basically a failed attempt at anything, and a disgrace to the original.

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4/10

Inferior remake

dave13-115 April 2012

Roger Vadim's 1956 film 'And God Created Woman' created the sensation that was Brigitte Bardot with its then shocking portrayal of a woman who would use her sexuality to get what she wanted or on a whim with equal abandon. Thirty years later, a parallel portrait of feminine caprice had little impact on movie-goers jaded by 70s excesses. The film itself is moreover less visually interesting than the earlier one, replacing the splendor of the Cote d'Azure with the drabness of the American southwest. In place of a woman as tropical orchid, we get a cactus flower. The plot moves forward in arbitrary jumps that make little sense. Somebody needs to remind Vadim that capriciousness and randomness are not synonyms. Add in that the male leads seem to be sleepwalking through the movie and there is little here to like. And the urban cool of Rebecca deMornay does nothing to evoke the energetic spunkiness of Bardot in the original. Avoid.

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3/10

Rebecca deMornay is great

baechter14 February 2021

...or at least gorgeous. I only watched the movie to see her. Did I say she was really beautiful and amazing? Otherwise, the movie was frightful. It was not a good way to lose an hour and a half of my life. Rambling, pointless and poorly developed, this story did not need to be told. A remake of a bad Bardot movie. Shame on the director.

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7/10

Did God also create the Remake?

kosmasp24 May 2023

No pun intended of course - actually I'll go as far as to say I have not seen the original movie that starred Brigette Bardot. I know shame on me and believe me I will be watching it one day. What I know for sure: the original surely was not able to have as much nudity as this one had. I am curious to see how they will match with each other.

That all being said, the movie right here has a quite mesmerizing DeMornay in the lead role. Also I feel that LaPlagia is her ... well Partner in crime (again no pun intended). And while she has a different partner in the movie (also in crime), he does not shine as much. But I feel that works in favor of the movie. Him being more ... well bland and without too much sparkle or whatever you would call it. It leaves more room for DeMornay to take over the movie.

Since I can't compare her to the original, I can only attest and say that I liked what I saw here (well that too, but I mean acting and character wise of course). So I reckon depending on your own views and history and knowledge .. the movie may work or not ... but it is well made, flaws and all.

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3/10

One name, Rebecca De Mornay...

alex-harris-love26 October 2022

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This is the first movie I have ever seen featuring Rebecca De Mornay and the only reason for it is because, as a huge Seinfeld fan, there is a character in two of the episodes named Rebecca De Mornay, and I did not learn that there was a real life person let alone actress with the same name until learning the actress Rebecca De Mornay played in the Shining mini series which I learned after finally watching the Shining. Okay, now that we are caught up as to why I watched the movie, let me say outside of the constant nudity and sex scenes throughout the movie, the plot is very dumb as it opens up with Rebecca De Mornay escaping from prison with such ease just to be returned by someone who would later help her get out (which you will see coming right away). The acting is very bad as is the dialog, script, writing, everything. I would not recommend this movie to anyone, you are better off watching softcore porn, you will probably find better acting and storyline there.

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9/10

An old-fashioned tale about a modern Cinderella.

SanDiego12 March 1999

I love this film because both the movie and Rebecca De Mornay are bright, breezy, and fun. It's a Cinderella story turned on it's ear with a blue collar Prince Charming (Billy played by Vincent Spano) barely able to stay afloat in contemporary middle income lifestyle, but stable enough to help lift a lovely jailbird Princess (Robin played by De Mornay) out of both a physical and personal prison, but this being a contemporary story she controls her own destiny and plots her own path. An evil politician (played by Frank Langella) adds to the fun as does some laughs that springs from realistic situations. At the heart is an old-fashioned romance. We know from the start that Billy and Robin are meant for each other. The language and tasteful love scenes that give the film an R-rating are overshadowed by the entire atmosphere of the film which more accurately should have been awarded a PG-13 rating (this is not Hand That Rocks the Cradle or Risky Business). Despite themes of feminism and romance, there is enough fun to keep the guys interested too, most notably the sexy but ever wholesome De Mornay.

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4/10

Boring and predictable...

paul_haakonsen30 December 2016

I sat down to watch "And God Created Woman" because I used to enjoy Rebecca De Monay's movies when I was younger, but I never got around to watching this movie from 1988 before late in 2016.

I must admit that I didn't have much expectations to it, as I had no idea what this movie was about, and it is a 1980s movie after all. And the movie didn't turn out to be anything extraordinary.

Sure, there were some good and fun enough moments throughout the course of the movie, but in overall, then this was just a less than mediocre movie in terms of entertainment value.

It was nice to see Frank Langella in the movie, but he could only do so much to salvage the movie, as there was very little to work with in terms of story and plot. As for Rebecca De Mornay, then this was nowhere near being her best movie performances. I am sure it might have been something back in the day, since there is a heap of nudity throughout the course of the movie.

What failed to work for me was the characters in the movie, because they just never took a hold. The characters in the story were little more than just cardboard cut-outs with very little characteristics, personality and depth. Which ultimately permeated a sense of shallowness to the movie.

The storyline was not really a plausible one either. I mean, a guy who marries a woman in jail that he doesn't even know so that she can get out, just doesn't really cut it. And to top things off, then things throughout the course of the story were so predictable that you saw it coming a mile away.

"And God Created Woman" had remained to stay unseen by me for 28 years, and I can't claim to have stumbled upon a hidden gem here. I have seen it now, and can honestly say that I am not going to return to watch it a second time around.

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1/10

That's what comes from too much rest on that seventh day.

mark.waltz4 January 2022

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A big old glorious old fashioned bomb, the type that you enjoy laughing ass because it is so ridiculously over-the-top and so badly acted. Glossy trash. Yes, Rebecca De Mornay and Vincent Spank are absolutely gorgeous to look at, but the on-screen heat doesn't mean that they generate anything remotely resembling art. She seduces her way into an early parole, marrying Spano simply so she can get out of prison and set her sights on a candidate for governor, Frank Langella.

The audience knows everything they need to know about her in the very first scene, jumping off a roof onto a garbage truck so she can escape from prison, then forcing herself into Langella's limousine who promptly turns around and takes her back. She wants to make a deal with electrician Spano for a year-long marriage so she can get her parole, but the dumb lug thinks that they are going to have a real marriage which she promptly dismisses.

After this, she sets her sights on his brother Donovan Leitch whom she thinks could get her a singing contract. Only problem is that she can't sing. All she can do is scheme and manipulate, a completely dangerous sociopath who should come with a warning sign to other men. Looking absolutely ridiculous in a hideous mullet, De Mornay is crude looking and crude acting, and her character is totally unappealing.

Spano is naive beyond belief, allowing himself to be manipulated by good spontaneous sex then thinking he can change her, making himself look dumber in every scene he appears in. It's the fault of the script and direction that he gives such a bad performance while De Mornay never gives her character any believable layers. She's just painful to watch, no threat to Kathleen Turner in "Body Heat" or Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct". The script tries to make us think that De Mornay can retained, but she's a shrew beyond reform. The only good things here are Frank Langella and Judith Chapman ("The Young and the Restless" and half a dozen other soaps), with the biggest disaster the direction of Roger Vadim.

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10/10

Rebecca De Mornay is Sexy, Fun & Adorable

chakotay-7077024 September 2019

Rebecca De Mornay simply shines in this heart-warming motion picture! Take a peek at her...as you've never seen her before, or since, for that matter. Avoid allowing the bad reviews here from dissuading you from judging this romantic tale that will pull at your heart-strings, and leave you with a warm glow by the time the end credits start scrolling.

One of the reviewers - with a 9-star rating - can enlighten you further, if you wish...

Speaking for myself, I could not take my eyes off the screen the entire time, and relished every minute. In my book, this is the kind of uplifting "fairy-tale" that I can watch over again, and still get a kick out of it. And if you aim to double your joy...share it with a loved one!!

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10/10

Rebecca De Mornay

nuke_houston9 October 2019

Rebecca De Mornay = Automatic 10

I don't care what the movie is about.

Did I say enough?

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9/10

good flick recently resurrected on Amazon Prime

robtromp22 April 2015

Despite being from the 80's, this flick is just as pertinent today. While the black people are relegated to cheering on the white protagonist, as was necessary in that era, it presents a lot of women's issues (and consequently men's issues) in a very truthful way. If it gets bad reviews, I suspect it is because it presents a reality that challenges almost every viewer, and most viewers don't like to be challenged. Catch it while Amazon Prime is doing an 80's promo. It won't stay free long. The reality that disturbed me was the image of a Democratic Senator who cared more about photo ops and press coverage than about the real issues in their district, but this too was and is a truthful depiction, and Frank Langella played it perfectly. The only real deficit is that it was impossible in that era to involve corporate interests in the story, which made it much more difficult to portray the position of the Frank Langella character. The trite conflict with his wife pales against what a real politician would have faced from their financial backers.

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10/10

ONE of Frank Langella's BEST movies EVER!!! like OMG!

puppylove200926 February 2012

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First off.. If I could rate this movie more than 10, I would; to say this movie is "excellent", is a total understatement. A lot of user reviews on this movie are saying its basically crap.. Um.. NO!!

Im a HUGE Frank Langella Fan.. and I remember my first reaction.. it was the same as my second reaction, watching it last night. (more on it below ;) )

The basic story in the movie is Rebecca DeMornay's character, Robin Shay, marries a man she met while "breaking in" to prison.. Just to get out of Prison again.. She starts an unlikely friendship between the Governor to-be, James Teirnan ( played by Langella <3 ) So the marriage is not going too great, and they both cheat... Rebecca's character with Frank Langella's character. She starts up a band, with her brother in-law and other guys, and after being caught having sex with her husband,, on camera.. she needed to get on Tiernan's good side, so she played at his fundraiser and basically made him win.

Let me tell you why this movie was so amazing and will forever be in my top 5 movies, EVER! 2 words. FRANK LANGELLA!

I knew this movie was gonna be good, even when I saw the trailer.. Im not joking.. this is ONE of the sexiest roles he has EVER played.. All throughout the movie, the viewers can see that Tiernan wants Shay, by a simple hug, phone call.. Then my favourite scene EVER in the movie was the seduction scene.

It starts out with them playing pool, and drinking.. as the game progresses, he leans in to kiss her, she pulls back.. When she tells him " One more game- the winner says due, the loser, dies" she lays on the table.. he makes his way to her , spreads her legs, picks her up, as they are inches away from kissing.. he says "your on". I could've died, right there. After the pool game is over, he loses, so he asks her "what you want?!", she then replies " get down on your knees" !! she spreads her legs, he takes off her belt ever so intensely.. kissing her stomach, licking her belly button.. and just starts... OH MY GOD!! The next scene with them shows Tiernan, in a hot tub.. they are kissing and I know what she was doing with her hand lol It then, shows him on top of her, kissing her body.. After they had finished, he politely asks her to stay the night and she rejects him :(.. ( if I were her, I wouldn't have rejected him :( ), not even now. YUM lol

Every smirk, smile, pleasurable face he made was amazing.. My reaction to those scenes is the same every time, sometimes i think i need an oxygen tank, not because of the "go to" obvious answer, but because i was surprised and happy also hes soo manly. I'd actually need to stop the movie just to calm down lol

case and point, this movie deserves more than a 10/10 rating.

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