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  • 2018
  • R
  • A24
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • A24
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Based on true events, Woman Walks Ahead tells the story of Catherine Weldon (Jessica Chastain), a widowed artist from New York who, in the 1880s, traveled alone to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Chief Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes). Her arrival at Standing Rock is welcomed with open hostility by a US Army officer (Sam Rockwell), wh...

Directed By: Susanna White

Written By: Steven Knight

  • 2018
  • R
  • A24
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • A24
  • 1 h 41 m

Woman Walks Ahead

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
51
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
6.4
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Summary Based on true events, Woman Walks Ahead tells the story of Catherine Weldon (Jessica Chastain), a widowed artist from New York who, in the 1880s, traveled alone to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Chief Sitting Bull (Michael Greyeyes). Her arrival at Standing Rock is welcomed with open hostility by a US Army officer (Sam Rockwell), wh...

Directed By: Susanna White

Written By: Steven Knight

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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32% Positive
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63% Mixed
12 Reviews
5% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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32% Positive
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63% Mixed
12 Reviews
5% Negative
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80
Jul 26, 2018
Woman Walks Ahead has some narrative issues but is ultimately a well-acted biographical drama.
By Kenneth Seward Jr. FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 24, 2018
It’s the kind of smoothly rounded, edgeless historical drama that’s built for maximum appeal, with a broad perspective and an easy to digest tone. Well-crafted and ably told, this is a film that’s wholly respectable though not particularly memorable, but still manages to connect with its earnest good intentions and desire to please.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW

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58% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
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37% Positive
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58% Mixed
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5% Negative
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60
Jul 26, 2018
The resolute Greyeyes and the always-brilliant Chastain chart their respective characters with real chemistry, and White captures the pair’s brewing romantic tension. For underscoring the brief but beautiful optimism of two ill-fated outliers, her woman comes out ahead.
By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW
58
Jun 28, 2018
Despite the sensitivity of its storytelling, and Chastain’s career-defining passion for playing headstrong, independent women like Mrs. Weldon, it also never really comes to life.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 28, 2018
The good intentions it carries out to the plains don’t make up for the tentative falseness at its center, a hero who could herself benefit from a portraitist’s clear vision.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 24, 2018
Despite the estimable talent on hand both behind and in front of the camera, the story never comes to convincing life and doesn’t, in the end, have anywhere particularly surprising or interesting to go.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
38
Jun 25, 2018
As a character, Catherine Weldon suffers the same fate as Sitting Bull, having been reduced to a signifier of the filmmakers' retroactive political correctness.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
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Production Company BCD Travel, Black Bicycle Entertainment, Potboiler Productions, The Bedford Falls Company
Release Date Jun 29, 2018
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Defy your times.
Website https://a24films.com/films/woman-walks-ahead
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Awards

Red Nation Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Heartland Film
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Prescott Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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