Academy Award winner Frances McDormand joins Oscar nominees Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter) and Rooney Mara (Carol) alongside Emmy winners...
Academy Award winner Frances McDormand joins Oscar nominees Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter) and Rooney Mara (Carol) alongside Emmy winners Claire Foy (The Crown) and Ben Whishaw (This is Going to Hurt) star in this Oscar-winning adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel from writer-director Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell).
The story follows a group of women in an isolated Mennonite religious colony in Bolivia as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a string of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
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90 %299 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
80 %342 reviewsAudience score rating
"It’s a thrill to see a woman of Polley’s intuition pushing the language of cinema once again."
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Variety
Variety"The fundamental urgency of (the women's) inquiry feels refreshingly direct, radical even."
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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair"While Polley’s attempt to tackle a tough issue isn’t always as polished as it could be, it’ll probably keep a lot of us talking."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Starry, uncompromising..."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"Splendid..."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"A prestige film that is more focused on point-scoring than coherence..."
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Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal"Electric..."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Once you grasp the substance of the film early on, there isn’t much else left to discover about these characters or their situations."
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Slant Magazine
Slant MagazineWomen Talking | Details
Award winner- Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards 2023; People's Choice Award winner (First Runner Up) at Toronto International Film Festival 2022.
- Rating
- 15, sexual violence references, sexual threat, domestic abuse
- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
