Movie Review: "The Thomas Crown Affair"

"I want you to talk about women." The first line articulated in "The Thomas Crown Affair" does a great job of illustrating the main conflict dwelt with in the movie. The main characters include Catherine Banning (Rene Russo) and Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan). The movie is set in modern day New York, primarily in an art gallery. In this movie, we see a 90's feministic struggle to continue power and reputation in light of a …showed first 75 words of 559 total…

…showed last 75 words of 559 total…am a woman. For instance, the idea that they never show Catherine eating unless it is seductively with her fingers. They show her having an interesting looking green drink for breakfast and several beverages throughout the movie. On the flip side, the movie does show three male characters eating throughout the film. I guess the idea of eating is a male trait and it is unfeminine to see a female stuff her face with food.