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I’m Your Woman Movie Review

I’m Your Woman is a 2020 crime film directed by Julia Hart and starring Rachel Brosnahan. It’s a refreshing film in this tired genre.

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“I’m doing the best I can.

Let’s both just do the best we can“

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It follows a woman who is on the run after her criminal husband is missing. This movie was so refreshing to me as a non-fan of this genre. Although mostly I don’t like to talk about PC twists in Hollywood movies, this time around I just have to as this genre was really in need of some more original twist to the same old, same old criminal white men killing each other trope.

Here, a woman is the protagonist and she goes through such a great, believable journey that was very cool to witness. From a befuddled, scared housewife to a gun-wielding badass woman, it was so much fun to watch her journey. Rachel Brosnahan is absolutely amazing in one of the most confident, most powerful, underrated performances of the year.

Jean is great, but still she could have been better developed as a character. The same goes for everybody else here. They are memorable, but not as complex as I would have liked. Still, Cal is very likable and Teri is also cool. The emphasis on kids was overwhelming, but it mostly provided enough emotional levity to make the film quite intense.

I’m Your Woman is at its best when dealing with action scenes as all are very thrilling and highly engaging with enough twists that you’d not expect. The whole movie is filled with many instantly memorable set pieces, great shootouts and a terrific choice to portray the villains as just these goons that appear and instantly vanish from the screen.

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They aren’t important. Jean is important. The film showcases what it’s like for the women and children who are left behind in these marriages with mafia members and that is the most genius approach to this film’s storytelling. I found it thematically rather lacking unfortunately, but still the dialogue is pretty good, if sparse, and the emotion is there. The direction from Julia Hart is also incredibly deft as is the editing throughout.

I’m Your Woman presents this refreshing feminist twist on a tired crime genre that made it such an enjoyable viewing experience. It could have been more thematically complex, but the whole premise behind the film worked so well, the film is thrilling, the central performance from Rachel Brosnahan is outstanding and the direction from Julia Hart is terrific.

My Rating – 4