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- 2013
- R
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 27 m
- 2013
- R
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 27 m
Summary Two Chicago housewives run off to Santa Fe to compete in a belly dancing competition.
Directed By: Rachid Bouchareb
Written By: Joelle Touma, Marion Doussot
- 2013
- R
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 27 m
- 2013
- R
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 27 m
Just Like a Woman
39
5.4
Where to Watch
Summary Two Chicago housewives run off to Santa Fe to compete in a belly dancing competition.
Directed By: Rachid Bouchareb
Written By: Joelle Touma, Marion Doussot
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
39
9% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
73% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
39
9% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
73% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
It’s a wispy movie that does not end so much as peter out, and it could have benefited from a little more humor and a little less heinous male behavior. Miller and Farahani, though — both sometimes used previously as decoration — give strong performances as women bonding over their delight in both movement and their own beauty.
Miller, who's still trying to find her way as an actress, isn't bad, and the Iranian-born Farahani is convincing, but their characters are blandly angelic, in stark contrast to the vast majority of men they encounter.
What might have proven an illuminating perspective on familiar issues disappoints as Bouchareb fails to turn his outsider’s point of view into new insights, and instead takes the easy route, falling back on familiar stereotypes in his tour of US misogyny and xenophobia.
Obvious parallels to "Thelma & Louise" do little to raise the dramatic stakes here.
Just like its meaningless title, Rachid Bouchareb’s disappointing drama evokes better works without developing any distinct identity of its own.
Bouchareb gives his actors room to roam, but you still get only skin-deep sketches instead of flesh-and-blood women.
A multicultural mini–Thelma and Louise but far duller than that description implies, Just Like a Woman peddles feminist empowerment with one-note didacticism.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.4
43% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
14% Mixed
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1 Rating
43% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.4
43% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
14% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
43% Negative
3 Ratings
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Production Company
Taghit llc,
Doha Film Institute,
Cohen Media Group,
3B Productions,
ARTE,
BCD Travel,
Minerva Pictures,
The 7th Floor,
The Bureau
Release Date Jul 5, 2013
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline two friends - one journey - no limits
Awards
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Nominations
