Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
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.
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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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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Cast
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Kimberly Elise
Michelle Jordan -
Loretta Devine
Cassie -
Debbi Morgan
Twana -
Michael Boatman
Todd -
Clifton Powell
Reggie -
Idalis de Leon
Nicole -
Sean Blakemore
Pervis -
Ricky Harris
Eli -
T.D. Jakes
Bishop T.D. Jakes -
Philip Daniel Bolden
Baby -
Masasa
Lesbian Inmate -
Jordan Anita Moseley
Michelle Age Eight -
J. Karen Thomas
Sheila Stewar
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A monochromatic melodrama.
Top CriticAs a film it plays like a heavy-handed morality tale one might come across on a middling cable network.
There is little to like about many of the hard characters we meet. Yet the film has a core generosity.
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.
Woman boasts an unexpected edginess, as well as a terrific performance from Kimberly Elise.
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.
For a 'message' movie that features Bishop Jakes revving it up onstage in Billy Graham-style crusades, it's surprisingly successful as dramatic entertainment.
... an enjoyable and competently made film that will appeal to secular-minded moviegoers as well as the choir.
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.
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
A very interesting, if not always successful drama that is also part revivalist sermon.
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.
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