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  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 56 m

Summary In 1966, single-mother Helen Reddy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) leaves her old life in Australia for New York and stardom, only to find that the industry’s male gatekeepers don’t take her seriously. Helen finds an encouraging friend in legendary rock journalist Lillian Roxon (Danielle Macdonald), who becomes her closest confidant. When ambit...

Directed By: Unjoo Moon

Written By: Emma Jensen

  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • Quiver Distribution
  • 1 h 56 m

I Am Woman

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Summary In 1966, single-mother Helen Reddy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) leaves her old life in Australia for New York and stardom, only to find that the industry’s male gatekeepers don’t take her seriously. Helen finds an encouraging friend in legendary rock journalist Lillian Roxon (Danielle Macdonald), who becomes her closest confidant. When ambit...

Directed By: Unjoo Moon

Written By: Emma Jensen

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Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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75
Sep 10, 2020
Reddy’s story is given the standard, time-honored biopic treatment in I Am Woman, which checks off just about every cliché imaginable — and yet wins us over, in large part due to the star-power performance of Tilda Cobham-Hervey as Reddy.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 8, 2020
Cobham-Hervey's breathtaking performance elevates the whole endeavor, capturing the heart of what made Reddy so deserving of the winning tribute Moon has given her with I Am Woman. It's in Cobham-Hervey's understatement that we truly hear this woman roar.
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Sep 10, 2020
I’d have been curious to see more about Reddy’s interactions with the women’s movement, but the film mostly has room for this one woman. Thanks to Cobham-Hervey’s performance, it’s an engaging, if fairly familiar, story.
By Sara Stewart FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 10, 2020
Helen Reddy might seem so 1970s, but her song "I Am Woman" became a feminist anthem of its time, and serves as the title and centerpiece of a reasonably good movie biography, if one that -- perhaps due to the nature of her life -- feels a little like the Hallmark Channel version of "Bohemian Rhapsody."
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 8, 2020
It is a lean and likeable, if slight and a little trite, celebration of the legendary Australian-American singer, feminist and anthem-creator Helen Reddy, shot with a rich neo-noirish texture by Oscar-winning cinematographer Dion Beebe.
By Luke Buckmaster FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 8, 2020
The film doesn’t contextualize Reddy within the musical personalities of her era (beyond saying she sure wasn’t cock-rockers Deep Purple, another Wald client), so newbies may well come away with no idea why she had a unique niche in the ’70s entertainment landscape.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
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Sep 11, 2020
I Am Woman is a start in the right direction. However, based on this film you might think that the most interesting thing about Reddy is that she married her manager who then got addicted to cocaine. It's a frustratingly shallow approach to a singer who deserves better.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Goalpost Pictures, Deep Blue Pacific
Release Date Sep 11, 2020
Duration 1 h 56 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline Helen Reddy. Her Voice Inspired a Generation
Website https://www.goalpostpictures.com/film/i-am-woman
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Awards

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 9 Nominations
Women's Image Network Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Septimius Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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