Suffragette

— “Suffragette” was a little disappointing and not very rousing. Instead of letting me witness the British suffrage movement, this film presents everything in retrospect for today’s sympathetic eyes, leaving little sense of the opposing view. That very filter makes it nearly impossible to feel a part of the struggle or even as sympathetic to the cause as I would have expected. Carey Mulligan’s subtle expressiveness is really about all that saved it from just being a heavy-handed, one-sided flick for those who need to look at the past with a narrow focus. It does raise questions about when violence is justified and to what extent, martyrdom, patriarchy, and why, all these years later, issues like economic equity remain unresolved.

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[2015. 106 min. Directed by Sarah Gavron. Starring Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, and Ben Whishaw.]
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/suffragette-20151022