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Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

  • Starring: Kimberly Elise, Michael Boatman, T.D. Jakes
  • Summary: Based on the best-selling novel by Bishop T.D. Jakes, Woman Thou Art Loosed is a moving tale of survival, faith, and redemption in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds and tragic personal histories. (Magnolia Pictures)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 24
  2. Negative: 3 out of 24
  1. 80
    Startlingly raw and honest, playing at times like one of those blistering Donald Goines blaxploitation pulp novels, only with Jesus.
  2. Ultimately, the movie's too uneven to be totally satisfying.
  3. 60
    You may not care for the message, but there's nothing insidious about it.
  4. Jakes' characters are points to be made, flesh and blood cautionary tales that don't particularly feel human. His dialogue, even in the mouths of Michelle and her troubled mother, sounds as if it comes straight from the pulpit.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. JayH.
    4
    Disappointing, but the acting is pretty good. It's too severe and that made it unconvincing for me. It has some fine moments, but also some that just don't ring true. Expand

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