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Suffragette

Mothers. Daughters. Rebels.

2015 · 1h 46m · PG-13 Drama, History
Directed by Sarah Gavron

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Overview

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

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73%
Tomatometer
Rotten

"Suffragette" is a meaningful history lesson, but as a movie, it plays like a slog through history class.

Adam Graham, Detroit News
Fresh

The weight of the entrenched injustices these characters stagger under is enough to keep you on the verge of tears throughout.

Alison Willmore, BuzzFeed News
Rotten

An intriguing premise dampened by thin characters and a formulaic story.

Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Fresh

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.

Kristin Tillotson, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh

Morgan's writing is occasionally pedestrian, but the sweep of the story, the performances and Gavron's vision make up for it.

Sarah Bryan Miller, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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