SummaryJournalist, fighter, and feminist Gloria Steinem is an indelible icon known for her world-shaping activism, her guidance of the revolutionary women’s movement, and her writing that has impacted generations. In this nontraditional biopic, against the backdrop of a lonely bus on an open highway, five Glorias trace Steinem’s influential journey to p... Read More
Directed By:Julie Taymor
Written By:Julie Taymor, Sarah Ruhl, Gloria Steinem
The Glorias
Metascore
Mixed or Average
58
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.9
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
58
48% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
48% Mixed
14 Reviews
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3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Oct 5, 2020
100
I felt as if I knew Steinem by the end of it, and as though there might be some hope in this current hellscape in which we live. It is the exact kind of movie we need in times such as these.
Oct 1, 2020
75
It doesn’t always work, but has a natural engine and spirit to it that keeps you focused.
Feb 2, 2020
75
Taymor’s latest manages to be both a loving tribute to American trailblazer and the power of collective action to bring social change. It’s also visually vivid and unexpected, but unfortunately, fairly uneven overall.
Oct 8, 2020
60
The strange thing is that for all its tricks — even that odd detour through The Wizard of Oz Taymor manages to serve us midway through — The Glorias still falls prey to the problem of making a movie out of a life far too vast for a movie. Which is to say, a deeply political life.
Oct 1, 2020
50
A little distance — and considerable trimming — would have served the story better.
Sep 30, 2020
50
Alongside a peculiar and overly saccharine intergenerational internal monologue that guides the film, The Glorias doesn’t seem to have learned from the important lessons evoked by its subject.
Oct 1, 2020
20
Another film might have mined Steinem’s remarkable life for its complications and contradictions, but The Glorias settles for slapdash iconography.
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.9
21% Positive
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5 Ratings
Apr 11, 2021
2
Predictable Didactic and dull. This overlong take on the women's movement and Gloria Steinam is only made bearable by Julianne Moore's presence in the second half. This subject was tackled so much better in TV's Mrs America last year and this film just rattles on and on at a length that defies **** begin to believe that you are living the whole thing!
Julie Taymor's direction is unimaginative and the whole enterprise comes over as portentously pretentious. Acting in other roles ranges from indifferent(Vikander;Hutton) to downright awful (Bette Midler).
Undoubtedly one of the worst films of the year.
Production Company:
- Artemis Rising Foundation
- India Take One Productions
- Saks Picture Company
- The Glorias
Release Date:Sep 30, 2020
Duration:2 h 19 m
Rating:R
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Awards
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Nominations
Camerimage
• 1 Nomination
North Texas Film Critics Association, US
• 1 Nomination
