Robert Altman revises the cross-stitched plotting technique he used in Short Cuts for this satire
on the international fashion industry. Authentic Parisian settings,
interviews with real designers and the commemorative inclusion
of Italian actors Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee and Sophia
Loren can't save the movie from its aimless one-joke premise.
If ever there was a case of one naked Emperor pointing out the
nakedness of another, this is it. Julia Roberts fans will want
to note, however, that Altman extracts what is easily Roberts'
finest performance in a sub-plot that pits her against Tim Robbins
for a spark-filled weekend romance in a hotel room.
--Zachary Woodruff
Other Films by Robert Altman
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The Gingerbread Man 
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