Chantilly Lace is a 1993 American made-for-television drama film shot in Sundance, Utah, for the Showtime Network and eventually released on video via Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.

Inspired by Christa Wolf's Cassandra, Yellen said she originally conceived of Chantilly Lace because of the preponderance of "incomplete roles for women, who are sketched instead of developed" in the movie business.

[5] This choice led critics to compare the film to George Cukor's The Women, another production that was notable for its absence of male characters.

[4] In a review for Variety, Emanuel Levy wrote, "The most interesting aspect of this production is how it struggles, and for the most part succeeds, in avoiding the temptation and confines of the sitcom format.

"[8] The Los Angeles Times wrote "Performances fall in the good to terrific range.”[9] The Washington Post writes that it’s "an unusual movie about acceptance, tolerance, support, sex and fun among a group of longtime female friends who meet for three weekends within a year.

"[5] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly said the film was "the only kind of feminist slant that gets much exposure on television: well-to-do white women grousing about horrible men and about their mostly unfulfilled needs to be creative.