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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Jun 2018

It’s all ridiculously romanticized and self-serving. But the performances are so good (Mr…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 27 Jun 2018

Deviations from the historical record aren’t a problem in and of themselves; it’s what those deviations add up to (or don’t), and what…

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By Graham Fuller (154) for Culture Trip (49) on 26 Jun 2018

White's atmospherically directed drama is a worthy addition to films that address the US Government's illegal seizure of Native American lands-and…

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By Kenneth Seward Jr. (19) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 26 Jun 2018

Woman Walks Ahead has some narrative issues but is ultimately a well-acted biographical drama…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 26 Jun 2018

Woman Walks Ahead sounds like a great idea in theory but the film goes poorly in its execution…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 24 Jun 2018

Perceptively plaintive, recalling our Native American ethnic tragedy, made timely by the current agitation at Standing Rock…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 24 Jun 2018

As a character, Catherine Weldon suffers the same fate as Sitting Bull, having been reduced to a signifier of the filmmakers' retroactive political…

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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 22 Jun 2018

Despite screenwriter Steven Knight's pedigree of grippingly good thrillers, this historical western becomes a very long walk too quickly for…

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By Kristy Strouse (51) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 11 May 2018

Woman Walks Ahead might have its imperfections, but if you are attentive, you'll find it can be rewarding…

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By Kevin Jagernauth (311) for The Playlist (3,871) on 23 Apr 2018

It’s the kind of smoothly rounded, edgeless historical drama that’s built for maximum appeal, with a broad perspective and an easy to digest…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Screen International (2,241) on 23 Apr 2018

Woman Walks Ahead is a story of defying expectations, finding common ground and gaining knowledge…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 23 Apr 2018

Woman Walks Ahead is a solidly crafted and well shot, if basically unchallenging film…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 23 Apr 2018

Despite the estimable talent on hand both behind and in front of the camera, the story never comes to convincing life and doesn’t, in the…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 23 Apr 2018

The film suffers enormously from its slippery grasp of history, all of its narrative thrust slipping through the cracks between fact and fiction…

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By David Crow (142) for Den of Geek (424) on 22 Apr 2018

While some have argued Woman Walks Ahead is a white savior movie, the sorrowful awareness of the film is that it knows all too well about its…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Village Voice (8,525) on 18 Apr 2018

Steven Knight's script veers dangerously close to white-savior territory, but the complexity of the native characters is commendable, and the…

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By Katherine Murray (4) for PopMatters (2,617) on 27 Sep 2017

The real issue, though, is that it confuses different types of oppression, and seems to propose that people who've experienced misogyny are…

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By Tina Hassannia (118) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 19 Sep 2017

Woman Walks Ahead remains stagnant as a politically correct but enervating historical drama…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 10 Sep 2017

Woman Walks Ahead offers dimension to its leading lady, but holds its Native characters to the same old surface stereotypes…

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