‘The Women’ is a remake high on cliche, low on bite

They are “The Women,” but you won’t hear them roar. Today’s declawed update does remake, but dons a much paler shade of “jungle red” by comparison to, 1939’s sharp, catty classic by the same name.

Director George Cukor’s droll, politically incorrect favorite from 70 years ago was the “Sex and the City” of its day — maybe the first ever literal chick flick. Not a single man appeared on camera (which is almost also true of the redo). But in that golden era, they didn’t need men; they had larger-than-life movie goddesses like Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer.