Suffragette
The movie follows the women who were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality in early-20th-century Britain, even pursuing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
18 January 1985, Bucharest, Romania
22 June 1949, Summit, New Jersey, USA
1972, Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK
8 December 1982, UK
22 March 1976, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK
19 June 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
19 March 1985, Ascot, Berkshire, England, UK
29 March 1955, Dublin, Ireland
13 June 1987, Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
1960, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
February 14, 2017
Sure, script is hokey at times, and the film features a shockingly small amount of Meryl Streep considering her billing, but the historical event at its core transcends these finicky notes.
November 09, 2015
The weight of the entrenched injustices these characters stagger under is enough to keep you on the verge of tears throughout.
November 05, 2015
It's always compelling; you feel grateful, watching, that this story is being told at all.
January 25, 2017
This is much more than a film about women demanding to vote; it's about women's struggle to be heard and taken seriously, most notably in the workplace as well as in their own homes.
March 07, 2017
Suffragette is a stirring history lesson, wrapped in a very compelling and intimate film that is riveting, educational and thought provoking.
November 13, 2015
"Suffragette" is a meaningful history lesson, but as a movie, it plays like a slog through history class.
November 06, 2015
An intriguing premise dampened by thin characters and a formulaic story.
February 28, 2017
What is the point of the silly, histrionic teatime drama Suffragette? Certainly not to focus on the actual suffering of the suffragettes, who a little more than 100 years ago were sent to prison and force-fed after a string of "terrorist" attacks.
August 04, 2016
As grey and lifeless as the lethargic pedestrians wandering through the London streets.
November 05, 2015
Morgan's writing is occasionally pedestrian, but the sweep of the story, the performances and Gavron's vision make up for it.
December 07, 2016
Suffragette is a fantastic resource about a period of history that remains largely unspoken about.
November 05, 2015
Mulligan, in particular, delivers, bringing believability to a role that's quite a stretch, given the transformation her character has to go through from workaday mum to first-wave feminist superhero.
