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  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • 1091 Pictures
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • 1091 Pictures
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary Based on true events, sisters Bessie and Jo Cavallo paint dial watches at the American Radium factory in New Jersey. When Jo's health starts to decline, Bessie starts to question if Radium is safe and discovers a veil of corporate lies.

Directed By: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler

Written By: Brittany Shaw, Ginny Mohler

  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • 1091 Pictures
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • 1091 Pictures
  • 1 h 42 m

Radium Girls

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
52
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Based on true events, sisters Bessie and Jo Cavallo paint dial watches at the American Radium factory in New Jersey. When Jo's health starts to decline, Bessie starts to question if Radium is safe and discovers a veil of corporate lies.

Directed By: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Ginny Mohler

Written By: Brittany Shaw, Ginny Mohler

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
52
33% Positive
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17% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
52
33% Positive
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50% Mixed
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17% Negative
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70
Oct 22, 2020
Despite the stylistic glitches, Radium Girls proves engrossing, thanks to its powerful real-life tale and the excellent performances by leads King and Quinn, who make us fully care about their characters' fates.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
63
Oct 30, 2020
Well-acted, smartly-reported and heartfelt.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 22, 2020
The script, by Mohler and Brittany Shaw, tends to be overtly formulaic, but the emotional resonance of the two leads carries this movie.
By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 26, 2020
Scrupulously sincere in its approach and well-meaning to a fault in intention, the film aims for inspirational true story, but is sadly uninspired, and its relationship to real history is obscured by the schematic way it is fictionalized.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 22, 2020
Little attention is paid to the vernacular or physicality of the period. The depths of emotions aren’t plumbed.
By Michael Ordoña FULL REVIEW
38
Oct 23, 2020
Radium Girls is bogged down by a trite script, inconsistent character motivations, and an over-reliance on historical footage that has little to do with the film itself. The anger inspired by what happened to these women is invigorating, but that fury is rarely felt from what Radium Girls offers as a cinematic experience.
By Roxana Hadadi FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Production Company Cine Mosaic, Creative Instinct, Double Play Connections, Probo Productions, Schaefer Sisters
Release Date Oct 23, 2020
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Adirondack Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Buffalo International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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