This is very much a woman's picture, both in the old-school sense of highly pitched, Lifetime-style melodrama and in its cast of formidable actresses, all of whom deliver powerful performances.
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10/01/04
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Woman, Thou Art Loosed (2004)
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Reviews Counted:55
Fresh:28
Rotten:27
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: While Woman is a little less heavy-handed than other message movies, it still feels like an After School Special.
Theatrical Release:Oct 1, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $6,804,016
Synopsis: From the best selling novel and stage play, WOMAN THOU ART LOOSED (WTAL), comes the film adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' tale of dysfunction, isolation and finally, inspiration. WTAL tells the... [More]
Starring: Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine, Clifton Powell, Debbi Morgan
Director: Michael Schultz
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Reviews for Woman, Thou Art Loosed
Although it makes no bones about preaching to the choir, Woman, Thou Art Loosed has enough force as a searing emotional drama to transcend religious boundaries.
10/01/04
Unlike many films with Christian agendas, this one doesn't sweep ugliness under the rug.
10/21/04
It offers a compelling portrait of human tragedy and the journey to redemption.
10/21/04
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.
10/25/04
Michael Schultz's powerful melodrama renews an important tradition of African-American filmmaking: the movie as revivalist sermon.
09/30/04
Top CriticThe uniformly excellent actors, many of whom have been working beneath their gifts for years on UPN sitcoms, clearly relished the complexities. You will too.
10/01/04
The screenplay is overwrought at times, but the acting is superb by any standard.
09/30/04
A quality production that fully engages.
09/25/04
Schultz ... is not able to lift the proceedings beyond melodrama, but he succeeds in imbuing the film with dramatic urgency and has elicited powerful performances from the cast.
10/07/04
A hard-hitting film depicting child molestation and the results thereof.
09/21/04
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.
10/23/04
For victims of abuse, watching this film may be a cathartic experience. For most moviegoers, it is, at its best, a sober look at a problem that is at last getting some of the attention it has always deserved.
10/01/04
Woman Thou Art Loosed isn't the most polished film to roll down the pike, but it has authenticity in its dialogue and situations that Hollywood films lack.
10/01/04
This is one faith-based film that pulls no punches.
10/01/04
Top CriticThe 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.
11/17/06
If a black, gospel-themed work can catch on with mass audiences, this will be it.
10/01/04
There is little to like about many of the hard characters we meet. Yet the film has a core generosity.
10/22/04
You may not care for the message, but there's nothing insidious about it.
10/01/04
A very interesting, if not always successful drama that is also part revivalist sermon.
10/24/04
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