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Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

January. 16,2004
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7.4
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NR
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Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

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Ehirerapp
2004/01/16

Waste of time

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SoTrumpBelieve
2004/01/17

Must See Movie...

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Sameer Callahan
2004/01/18

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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Scarlet
2004/01/19

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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bitesizemoviereview dotblogspotdotcom
2004/01/20

Despite its historical significance, Iron Jawed Angels misses the mark with its cheesy music, tedious romance plot and by-the-book acting. Some of the dramatic sequences--such as the egg yolk scene--make this film worthwhile, but many of the scenes lack the life and vigor that more experienced actors would easily provide. Huston gives by far the best performance, followed by Martindale. Swank was decent for the role of Alice Paul, but in my opinion was miscast. The romance between Paul and a young man is dull and predictable. Likewise, the opening of the film is hideously boring, as Paul and her friend playfully joke about the most frivolous subjects. Probably the worst aspect of this movie was the music, which resembled today's pop music beats and did not fit the time period at all, thus detracting from the authenticity of the film's sets. Although it has moments of good acting and thought-provoking dialogue, Iron Jawed Angels is weakly-constructed in many ways and probably not worth your time.bitesizemoviereview.blogspot.com

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lastliberal
2004/01/21

The words are Emily Leighton's (Molly Parker), who defied her Senator husband and risked losing her daughters to fight for their right to be counted as citizens of the US. She, and many other women fought long and hard, and endured pain and suffering, to give women what was rightfully theirs.Hillary Swank was magnificent, as was her sidekick played by Frances O'Connor. Swank was the top of a stellar cast and should have gotten more credit for her performance. Hollywood tends to pick favorites instead of the best, and they did so in this case.This is an important film that should be seen by all to remind us that our country has had and still has a history of denying basic rights to it's citizens. The fight is not over for everyone, and sometimes it takes herculean efforts to get what should be everyone's rights in the first place.

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Ric Simmons
2004/01/22

I viewed this film at the Sundance Film Festival and was quite impressed, especially after listening to Katja von Garnier, the director. HBO Films purchased the film just before it debuted at Sundance. The film was released to the public in 2004 on HBO. Only those who went to Sundance or subscribe to HBO actually had a chance to see this incredible and historically-based work of art. Hilary Swank was great as usual, with Francis O'Connor and Agelica Houston rounding out a very talented and well-selected cast. And you could not help but dislike the political environment lead by Bob Gunton as President Woodrow Wilson - not one of America's greatest moments.From a man's perspective, every woman and man who thinks voting is not an obligation to our democratic process needs to see this film. HBO Films has done a disservice to the American public by pigeon-holing this work on only HBO networks. Every red-blooded U.S. citizen should see this film. In fact, it should be required viewing in every U.S. high-school. If you can get your hands on this film or know when it is playing, I challenge you to see how many Americans you can share it with. As seen in this film, many suffered in many ways, so all Americans would have the right to vote.

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cpaulan
2004/01/23

This movie was stunning. The story is compelling and the dramatic historically accurate story can touch even the bitterest people. This movie truly captures the historical truth of the suffrage movement. It had everything from the camps women suffered in to the dangers of the women protesting during war. Just a little piece of information, the women were arrested outside the White House for obstructing traffic in real life. The scenes in the work camp were truly gruesome, but told the truth about what happened when Alice Paul (played by Swank) decided to lead her gang in hunger strikes. Now, i normally don't flinch in movies and i had to turn my head the first time i saw the scene in which Hilary Swank was "tortured." I knew that the work camps the women were sent to treated the women awfully, but I never imagined the camps to be as bad as displayed in the movie. It was an eye opening experience! Just as a side note, I also enjoyed the music. The music added a modern touch to an "old" story.Now for the romance. Don't get me wrong, I am all for romance and Patrick Dempsey <3. However, I feel that the love story between Swank and Dempsey added extra drama to make a love story out of something so serious as the suffrage movement. Though I always love to see Dempsey on the television, I think that the romantic fling was unnecessary except to further display Alice Paul's devotion to womens' rights.This movie was truly amazing and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a serious historic film that is as entertaining as it is eye-opening. This movie opened my eyes to the true horrors of the suffrage movement and just how much these women gave up to give us women today the right to vote. This is a movie every person should see…man and woman. So in closing I would like to say watch the movie, enjoy it, take in its powerful message, and the next time you consider not voting in an election think back to what these women went through to give women the right to vote.

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