Review of Suffragette (2015) by Katelyn E — 08 May 2016

Review:

I quite enjoyed this educational, emotional movie, which is based on a laundry worker, Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan), who starts out to be a happily married woman with a young boy. She works with a radical Suffragette member, Violet Miller (Anne-Marie Duff), who talks Maud into speaking out to parliament, as she is too unwell to do it herself. Against her husbands wishes, she goes to a couple more of the Suffragettes protest marches and she ends up imprisoned with other members. They then go to extreme measures to fight for women rights to vote but the law is totally against them and they try to blackmail Maud, to go against her fellow members. Her husband also turns against her and she is sacked from her job because she takes matters into her own hands when her boss makes uncomfortable sexual movements towards her. So basically, Mauds world is falling apart around her but the determination from the Suffragettes, give her the strength to fight for her rights. I was definitely impressed with the ladies, who were treated terribly by men during that period, and when I saw the end credits, which showed other countries who also had women fighting for there rights, it did touch an emotional chord. From an entertainment point of view, it's not the type of film that I can watch time and time again but I still enjoyed this emotional, true story, which did shock me in parts. I did find Carey Mulligans acting style a bit dry and the director didn't take full advantage of Meryl Streep but it's still a watchable movie which I found entertaining throughout. Enjoyable!

Round-Up:

I'm not really a big fan of Carey Mulligan, 30, because she hasn't got a wide range and her acting seems the same in all of her movies but she does have an innocent, sweet demeanour, which was needed in films like Pride & Prejudice, the Greatest, Public Enemies, Brothers, An Education, Wall Street II, Drive and the Great Gatsby. Her next film is another period drama called Far From The Madding Crowd, alongside Matthias Schoenaerts and Michael Sheen, so I doubt that it will be the movie to make her a box office star but she has proved that she is someone to be taken seriously. Anyway, this movie was directed by Sarah Gavron, who also brought you Brick Lane in 2007 and Village at the End of the World in 2012. I was impressed with the whole look and feel of the movie and the fact that she actually shot some of the film in the Houses of Parliament, which has never been done before, was also very impressive. Its definitely a story that needs to be told but I personally would have put Meryl Streep in the leading role.

Budget: $14million.

Worldwide Gross: $30million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their biography/history/dramas starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Grace Stotter, Ben Whishaw and Geoff Bell. 6/10.