She's Beautiful When She's Angry
International Film Circuit | Release Date: December 5, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 5, 2015
To think of how people thought and acted just 45 years ago is to realize that the women in this film were the advance guard of the modern era. That makes them important, and they make this documentary important. Read full review
100
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlDec 2, 2014
One of the year's best films, Mary Dore's She's Beautiful When She's Angry is an urgent, illuminating dive into the headwaters of second-wave feminism, the movement that — no matter what its detractors insist — has given us the world in which we live. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenDec 12, 2014
She's Beautiful When She's Angry, director Mary Dore's incisive portrait of so-called second-wave feminism of the late 1960s, is an exceptional chronicle, its mix of archival material and new interviews bristling with the energy and insight of one of the most important social movements of the 20th century. Read full review
90
SalonAndrew O'HehirDec 4, 2014
Dore does not gloss over the ideological excesses or internal quarrels of feminism, but more than anything else she captures the excitement of that era, the growing sense of solidarity as more and more women discovered that their dissatisfaction was not an individual matter. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniMar 6, 2015
A superbly researched and edited documentary about the women's movement in the 1960s. Read full review
80
VarietyDennis HarveyDec 8, 2014
It’s to the credit of “She’s Beautiful” that it seems neither hectic nor glib despite the enormous amounts of material that doubtless had to be excluded to fit a single feature’s frame. Read full review
80
The New YorkerRichard BrodyDec 4, 2014
The updating of the story is thin; some dramatizations, though short, are distracting, but the over-all impression, of a time of constant meetings and conversations that gave voice to stifled frustrations and united untapped energies, remains visionary and heroic.
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrFeb 26, 2015
The word “feminism” itself has become toxified. For young women who might be despairing as they fight the good fight, this film provides context, roots, and the wisdom of elders. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghMar 19, 2015
Civil-rights movements are never really over because they're never really won. She's Beautiful When She's Angry doesn't overtly make that case until its closing minutes, but when it does, it's made all the more powerful by the footage that preceded it. Read full review
70
The New York TimesRachel SaltzDec 4, 2014
As filmmaking, “She’s Beautiful” is meat and potatoes: It gets the job done without frills. Read full review
63
Washington PostAnn HornadayFeb 12, 2015
With its awkward reenactments and other stylistic clunkers, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry doesn’t break much formal ground. But it serves as a moving reminder of how crucial citizen action is in fomenting social change. Read full review
60
The GuardianJordan HoffmanDec 8, 2014
Despite the desultory nature of the film, it is sure to hammer home some key points. Read full review
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