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.
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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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10/22/04
... an enjoyable and competently made film that will appeal to secular-minded moviegoers as well as the choir.
01/29/05
Its essential message of emotional healing is a positive one. But as a movie, it floats into a channel-surfing blur of corny scenes and pop psych dialogue that too often confuses the material with the spiritual.
10/07/04
Top CriticA very interesting, if not always successful drama that is also part revivalist sermon.
10/24/04
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.
10/22/04
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10/23/04
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
If a black, gospel-themed work can catch on with mass audiences, this will be it.
10/01/04
... technical adeptness can't save Woman, Thou Art Loosed from being much more than a vanity project.
09/30/04
The screenplay is overwrought at times, but the acting is superb by any standard.
09/30/04
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.
11/17/06
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02/27/09
Now, a movie, from the Pentecostal preacher whose line of 'Loosed' product includes a novel, a play, a traveling seminar, and the 'Woman, Thou Art Loosed Cookbook'...
10/01/04
A hard-hitting film depicting child molestation and the results thereof.
09/21/04
For the Rev. Jakes, Jesus is the way out. But on film, that message comes across with more subtlety and tenderness than the grind of the touring gospel musical can muster.
09/30/04
There is little to like about many of the hard characters we meet. Yet the film has a core generosity.
10/22/04
Woman boasts an unexpected edginess, as well as a terrific performance from Kimberly Elise.
10/22/04
Top CriticThere's no finger-pointing exclusion or even hellfire here, only the openhearted hope and welcoming love on which the religion was based.
10/01/04
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