Review of Suffragette (2015) by Tony D — 01 May 2016
"If you want me to respect the law, make the law respectable.".
"We do not wish to be law breakers, but lawmakers.".
"I would rather be a rebel than a slave!".
"Let it be the windows of this government that are broken, not women's backs!".
"We smash windows. We burn things. We make war because it's the only language men understand.".
"We're in every home, we're half the human race. You can't stop us all.".
"Never surrender. Never give up the fight.".
That's what it took to get women the vote in the UK. Power and privilege rarely give up without a fight. But Emmiline Pankhurst made a revolution, covertly, strategically, militantly, wearing fine lace. Suffragette follows a band of her pre-World War One London footsoldiers on the long road to the vote, brick by thrown brick, hunger strike by hunger strike, explosion by explosion, all while caring for children, losing stodgy husbands, and working for their bread. Anne Marie MacDuff and Helena Bonham Carter represent opposite extremes of the prewar Pankhurst movement, merely vocal and explosive. But Carey Mulligan's journey from young working class mother to haunted militant is the film's most compelling story.
This review of Suffragette (2015) was written by Tony D on 01 May 2016.
Suffragette has generally received positive reviews.
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