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Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 57
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 28

While Woman is a little less heavy-handed than other message movies, it still feels like an After School Special.

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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 13

While Woman is a little less heavy-handed than other message movies, it still feels like an After School Special.

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Average Rating: 4/5
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One woman's odyssey through a hellish life of sexual abuse, drug addiction, and crime is resolved in faith in this tough but inspiring drama based on a true story documented by evangelist Bishop T.D. Jakes. Michelle Jordan (Kimberly Elise) was raised by a single mother, Cassie (Loretta Devine), who became involved with a cruel and opportunistic man named Reggie (Clifton Powell). Reggie began displaying an inappropriate interest in Michelle when she was only eight, and at 12 he began violating

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Stan Foster

Mar 8, 2005

$6.8M

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A monochromatic melodrama.

October 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
Seattle Times
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As a film it plays like a heavy-handed morality tale one might come across on a middling cable network.

October 22, 2004 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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There is little to like about many of the hard characters we meet. Yet the film has a core generosity.

October 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Denver Post
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It is more a public service announcement than a movie, but it has to be more useful to its audience than a summer blockbuster offering Halle Berry's tips on how to use a bullwhip.

October 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Boston Globe
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Woman boasts an unexpected edginess, as well as a terrific performance from Kimberly Elise.

October 22, 2004
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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The film raises the questions it hopes churches will answer. It's clearly designed to open discussion on these questions, and to encourage churches to discuss sexual abuse.

November 17, 2006
Christianity Today

For a 'message' movie that features Bishop Jakes revving it up onstage in Billy Graham-style crusades, it's surprisingly successful as dramatic entertainment.

March 9, 2005
Reel.com

... an enjoyable and competently made film that will appeal to secular-minded moviegoers as well as the choir.

January 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

As with a good sermon, it is engaging, and strives to inspire and provide food for thought. Audiences going in knowing what to expect shouldn't be disappointed.

October 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

It sounds like a rather overt Christian message, but the film is actually more of a cautionary melodrama with religious sermons sprinkled in between the various scenes

October 25, 2004 Full Review

A very interesting, if not always successful drama that is also part revivalist sermon.

October 24, 2004 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle

while director Michael Schultz's work is unsubtle...it's guaranteed to find a sympathetic audience, much in the same way Jakes' plainspoken sermons connect with his followers.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette
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Audience Reviews for Woman Thou Art Loosed

Riveting. Kimberly Elise's performance is electrifying to watch. Based on the book by the Rev. T.D. Jakes it is pure drama from start to finish!!
December 12, 2007
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I am a Christian and I did not find this movie riveting or enjoyable...pretty disappointing for me :(
January 8, 2008
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