Ladies Room (1999)

• Year: 1999
• Released: 30 Nov 1999
• Country: Canada, United Kingdom
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151281/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ladies_room
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: G
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Runtime: 90 min
• Writer: Leila Basen, Natalina Di Leandro, Geneviève Lefebvre
• Director: Gabriella Cristiani
• Cast: Molly Parker, Veronica Ferres, Lorraine Bracco

4.6/10

Ladies Room Storyline

In an ethereal, high-ceilinged room, women stand, waiting. Perhaps it’s Purgatory and they’re dead. In the room, two young women, one an actress and the other a psychologist, watch the last few days of their lives on a TV screen. Both are having affairs with married men, each has a long encounter with her lover’s wife, and both these scenes take place in a ladies’ room, one backstage at a play that’s about to preview, the other at an opera house during the first act. The relationships between each pair of younger and older women take surprising turns, and in the room with the TV, a sylph asks probing and challenging questions of the two young women as they watch.

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Ladies Room Movie Reviews

Witty and unusual

This is an off-beat yet charming feminist comedy with a deft dialogue and great photography. The cast is top-notch, in particular Lorraine Bracco and Molly Parker. However John Malkovich’s unconvincing turn as Italian Lothario Roberto is both funny and embarrassing but you wonder if that was the intention in this slyly witty Italian production set in Montreal. The conceit of the ladies room is handled well and becomes the centrepoint for anxiety and female companionship. This is, in effect, a celebration of female solidarity in a very surreal, Italian way with a quirky Canadian twist. It’s not for everyone’s taste but it’s better than most films that call themselves comedy today. Expect the unexpected.

A Gem!

While the film is most definitely not what the video cover would suggest (a farce), it does turn out to be a wonderful surreal comedy, with (gasp!) a point to the story. I understand why some may be to say the least disappointed however, I found it to be very entertaining art piece, which is not easily done. Recommended for viewers who enjoy something a bit off (not in a screwball way, but in an artistic way). Those who are looking for a good classic farce (and I love a good farce) are better off with “Clue” or “Noises Off”, two of my personal favorites.

Not at all like the cover blurb

My husband and I rented this film thinking it might be a classic farce, as the cover copy suggested. Thirty or so minutes in, we were wondering if we had rented a movie that had never actually been watched by the person writing the promotional material. It was slow and not a comedy, in our opinion, and definitely *not at all* like the description. We were bored and disappointed and ended up returning the film to the rental store.