American Woman

Name: American Woman
Released: 2020-9-15
Cast: Hong Chau, Sarah Gadon, John Gallagher, Jr., Lola Kirke, David Cubitt

American Woman

R
1h 27m
2020

57%

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Inspired by the 1974 kidnapping of Patricia Hearst, and based on the Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel, American Woman thrillingly re-imagines the story of a fugitive heiress from the perspective of Jenny, a political activist and former bomb-maker, who goes on the run with the most wanted woman in America.

Director:

Semi Chellas

Producer:

Christina Piovesan, Semi Chellas, Noah Segal

Writer:

Semi Chellas

Cast:

Hong Chau, Sarah Gadon, John Gallagher, Jr., Lola Kirke, David Cubitt, Jordan Pettle, Richard Walters, Ellen Burstyn

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

57%

Reviews

Richard Crouse

American Woman is a movie that values words. Some may find the storytelling a bit too low key for such an explosive subject, but the performances, particularly Chau, give the story layers.

Viewers will have a hard time believing that these outlaws are so passionate about their cause ... because the movie portrays them as lethargic.

Chau is strong enough to bring a compelling new perspective to this bizarre chapter of history -- and to the entire idea of the identity of the "American woman".

It reflects a time of political and social upheaval like this time, and the story seems deeply modern. The film undersells itself and its lowkey/intensity shifts are jarring, but I guess that's life.

There are inklings of a biting story here about class, gender, and race, but the film's attempts to invoke these discourses through the lens of the 1970s feel thin and phony.

September 7, 2019

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