Woman Thou Art Loosed
by Michael Schultz
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Actor: Debbi Morgan, Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine, Michael Boatman, T.D. JakesDirector: Michael Schultz
Brand: ELISE,KIMBERLY
Writer: T.D. Jakes
Producer: Cheryl Miller
Producer: Paul Garnes
Producer: Reuben Cannon
Producer: Stan Foster
Writer: Stan Foster
Writer: Christine Swanson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-08
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Woman Thou Art Loosed
Movie Review: An Emotional Rollercoaster, Well Worth the Ride!
Summary: 5 Stars
WOMAN THOU ART LOOSED is an amazingly successful film. Based on and book and subsequent play by the Dallas Bishop T.D. Jakes (who portrays himself in this film demonstrating quality acting skills), WOMAN is based on a composite of women for whom Jakes has provided counseling in his ministry. He is committed to the abused women not only of his congregation but now to all abuse women.
Michelle (Kimberly Elise is a staggeringly perfect performance) is introduced to us on Death Row with the Bishop TD Jakes making a visit to minister to her. Through a finely wrought series of flashbacks and onscreen commentary by many of the characters in the story we learn that Michelle was raped by Reggie (Clifton Powell), one of her mother Cassey's (Loretta Divine, another praiseworthy performance) boyfriends, transient and live-in, whom Michelle is required to address as 'Uncle'. When Michelle tries to tell her mother of the rape, Cassey refuses to believe her, fearing that if she confronts Reggie that he will leave her - a woman at whose age and 'family' status makes keeping a man difficult.
Michelle escapes her home and takes to the streets with her friend Nicole (Idalis DeLeon) and soon finds herself at eh mercy of a drug dealer Pervis (Sean Blakeman) who requires her to be a stripper and prostitute. She is eventually imprisoned for various reasons and it is with all of this in the past that the movie opens.
Once TD Jakes arranges for Michelle to be out of prison she reconnects with Cassey who is still living with the worthless Reggie, and refuses to take Michelle under her roof. Michelle finds comfort with Twana (Debbie Morgan) who helps her improve her appearance, sets her up with a fine childhood friend Todd (Michael Boatman) and Michelle attends TD Jakes revivals with the hope of making something different with her life. But she is shadowed by her past with Pervis and her loathing for Reggie and ultimately shoots Reggie during one of Jakes' revival meetings. For this she is arrested, imprisoned, and sentenced to Death Row. It is here in her cell that the story begins and ends, but it is the impact of TD Jakes on her spiritual life that makes for a very touching ending that would be unfair to reveal.
This is first rate movie making and Director Michael Schultz has done a splendid job creating the atmosphere of the African American massive revivals, the agony of abused children and women, and the sensitivity of the clergy to those without hope. This film does not preach: this film speaks softly, as in a prayer. The actors are sensationally fine and the emotional ride is well worth your investment of time. Grady Harp, March 2005
Summary of Woman Thou Art Loosed
A death row inmate, Michelle Jordan, recounts to a writer her struggle to overcome the tragedies and disappointments of her life.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 2-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
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