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  • 2017
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Summary A true-crime biopic about the disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, founder of the American Atheists and pioneering firebrand in the political culture war, The Most Hated Woman in America captures the rise and fall of a complex character who was a controversial villain to some and an unlikely hero to others. [Netflix]

Directed By: Tommy O'Haver

Written By: Irene Turner, Tommy O'Haver

  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 31 m

The Most Hated Woman in America

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 11 User Ratings
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Summary A true-crime biopic about the disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, founder of the American Atheists and pioneering firebrand in the political culture war, The Most Hated Woman in America captures the rise and fall of a complex character who was a controversial villain to some and an unlikely hero to others. [Netflix]

Directed By: Tommy O'Haver

Written By: Irene Turner, Tommy O'Haver

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60
Mar 22, 2017
The Most Hated Woman in America suffers from tonal whiplash.
By Serena Donadoni FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 16, 2017
Though he clearly admires the woman, O’Haver doesn’t want to let her off easy, which makes for a more nuanced portrayal than the stock canonization another director might have chosen (it would have been just as easy to paint her as a devil).
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 16, 2017
Although her colorful life would reach a tragic, decidedly pulpy end, Leo plays it to the absolute hilt.... Unfortunately, the other characters and the vehicle that supports her turn out to be less satisfyingly dimensional.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
38
Nov 18, 2019
The O’Hair virtues depicted here are that she was brave, defiant and when the need arose, articulate. And if history has taught us nothing, it’s that she was ahead of her times and probably right most of the time. One has to see through a pretty ugly movie to glean that, though. This is an ugly portrait, perhaps unfairly so.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
38
Mar 24, 2017
Through it all, a few performances actually increase the disappointment, for one wishes they were in a better film. Leo is perfect casting as a woman whose acerbic personality helped define her.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
30
Mar 16, 2017
The Most Hated Woman in America is ultimately a simplistic approach to a fascinating figure, more Lifetime than a woman’s life and times.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
25
Mar 16, 2017
The Most Hated Woman in America makes it abundantly clear that Madalyn Murray O’Hair was a riveting human being whose story is worth telling in our messed up times, but the film never has the slightest idea of what that story might be about.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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27% Negative
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Production Company Brownstone Productions (II)
Release Date Mar 24, 2017
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating TV-MA
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