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1999 American film
The 24 Hour Woman
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Original film poster
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Directed by
| Nancy Savoca
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Written by
| Nancy Savoca
Richard Guay
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Produced by
| Larry Meistrich
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Starring
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Cinematography
| Teresa Medina
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Edited by
| Camilla Toniolo
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Production
company
| Shooting Gallery
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Distributed by
| Artisan Entertainment
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Release date
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- January 29, 1999
(
1999-01-29
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Running time
| 93 minutes
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Country
| United States
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Language
| English
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Budget
| $2,500,000
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Box office
| $109,535 (US)
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The 24 Hour Woman
is a 1999 film directed and co-written by
Nancy Savoca
. The film was shot on location in
New York City
.
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Taglines
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"A story about getting everything you want and what comes next."
Plot
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Grace (
Rosie Perez
) struggles to be both a successful television producer and mother.
Principal cast
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Critical reception
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Janet Maslin
of
The New York Times
found the film's depiction of working women to be genuine but overall did not think highly of the film:
The 24-Hour Woman,
in which a woman with a high-powered job tries to cope with the high-powered hassles of balancing career and family. But somebody on the other side of the camera has clearly been here and done this, and boy, does it show on screen... It would be nice to report that Ms. Savoca, whose
True Love
belongs high on any list of films rich in womanly wisdom and whose
Household Saints
and
Dogfight
were no less fearless, had made the most of such a golden opportunity to hit a nerve. But
The 24-Hour Woman
is an unexpectedly strained farce, and not often a very credible one at that. With the notable exception of a long, classic comedy-of-errors sequence about a working mother racing to her child's first birthday party, the film is otherwise a homey compendium of feminist talking points laced with awkward satire.
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However,
Roger Ebert
of the
Chicago Sun-Times
enjoyed the film and rated it 3 stars out of his 4 star rating system and overall thought it was a pleasant experience:
The 24 Hour Woman
is a message picture wrapped inside a screwball comedy, with a touch of satire aimed at TV talk shows. It doesn't all work, but it happens so fast we don't get stuck in the awkward parts.
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