Iron Jawed Angels
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Movie Reviews of Iron Jawed Angels
Movie Review: The suffragettes were never better
Summary: 5 Stars
Just when you thought nobody could make an interesting and funny and compelling film version of the women's movement, along comes this picture.
It blends funky camera movements with stellar performances (watch out for Frances O'Connor) and songs by Lauryn Hill and Sarah Mclachlan that are a shocking but fitting surprise.
The movie can be gritty at times (the scenes in prison) and frustrating (watching these women's struggles) but it is very rewarding in the end. If you care at all about this time in history (or about women's history in general), you'll be grinning by the end of this movie.
The friendships and the hardships and the difficult decisions these women shared are depicted and acted like it's rarely been seen before.
I highly recommend this movie. It is edifying, stylistically different, realistic, and it has the added virtue of being entertaining and of making people care. It makes you wanna get up and go vote.
Movie Review: A wonderful film...
Summary: 5 Stars
As a woman watching this movie I was overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude to the women who fought to get me freedom, a freedom I admit much of the time i take for granted. This is a wonderful movie that makes you think and feel. There were many times that I caught myself being brought to tears. There are many movies out there that are moving and make you cry; but when a movie is about history and true events that effect your life today it holds a whole new meaning. I am glad I sat down to watch this movie. I also thought Hilary Swank was wonderful in it, I think she makes great choices in which roles to accept. I reccomend this movie to everyone, especially those that forget the struggle that took place to get women the freedom to vote. When you think about how many people don't vote it is shocking considering what women went through to get that right. It should not be taken for granted. It is a very powerful film.Movie Review: It's HERstory, not HIStory, and it's OUR STORY
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a TRIUMPHANT movie about Alice Paul and the final steps in securing the vote for women in 1920. It will make you feel great about the legacy of women who have come before us -- and it will make you loathe raw eggs!! Differences in strategies by the various women groups are portrayed well. Do you know how the mother of a Tennessee legislator contributed? See how the political climate was changed by true believers in the suffrage movement when this country went to war -- and how some people knew we could conquer more than one problem at a time! The film originally was made for HBO, and many U.S. Capitol scenes were filmed in the Richmond, VA capitol.
We used this as a joint program for the local American Assn of University Women and the League of Women Voters. Smile -- we wouldn't be here without the work of these amazing women -- and men.
Movie Review: Inspiration and Eduacational
Summary: 5 Stars
Not only did I find the story of Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) fascinating, but I also appreciated Hollywood's willingness to tell a truth and not a fairytale. Paul's activism for woman suffrage in the United States during the 1910s is chronicled in this movie. Although my fellow reviews criticize the superfluous aspects of the movie (a love interest and random small talk), it helps to describes Paul's drive and determination to achieve the right for women to vote. The writer and director of the movie "Iron Jawed Angels" did their homework to find the true Alice Paul, and it is evident for anyone who has studied the women suffragists of the 1910s. Whether you believe that Paul's radical tactics made her a hero or stain on America's history pages, Swank deserves every acclaim for her portrayal of the emotion and fever for the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.Movie Review: Lest we forget to remember..
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is great and should be required viewing for any women's studies class at a minimum. The film reminds us that things did not end with Susan B. Anthony, and reminds female voters about what it took to get us where we are today. The performances are terrific. The cast has submerged themselves into their characters - I forgot to evaluate Hillary Swank and got lost in the messge. This film truly reminds us to "Remember the Ladies". Watch it, take your daughter to watch it (at a suitable age), get the males in your life to see this, and then talk about it! Why was it so important to the early suffragettes to vote, why were they willing to go to such extreme lengths, what does this movie say about their times. I'm climbing off my soapbox now; please see this movie, and see it again every September to remind yourself to vote. Use it or Lose it.