Embrace

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Movie Info

Body image activist Taryn Brumfitt explores the global issue of body loathing.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Taryn Brumfitt
Producer:

Taryn Brumfitt, Anna Vincent
Writer:

Taryn Brumfitt
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 2, 2017
Runtime:

1h 30m
Production Co:

Southern Light Alliance

Cast & Crew

Ricki Lake
Self

Taryn Brumfitt
Director

Taryn Brumfitt
Writer

Mathew Brumfitt
Executive Producer

Nora Tschirner
Executive Producer

Timothy White
Executive Producer

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Critic Reviews for Embrace

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (14)

It has an indisputably worthy message, and should be essential viewing for young people.

January 12, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Leslie Felperin
Guardian
At 90 minutes, the film is too long, but it is never dull, partly because it's edited with pace and humour.

August 5, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
Taryn Brumfitt made the Australian documentary feature Embrace with the avowed aim of persuading women to be positive about their bodies.

August 5, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

David Stratton
The Australian
The documentary is just like Taryn -- engaging, refreshing and totally accessible. A blend of talking head interviews and honest anecdotes inform and enlighten the viewer.

January 27, 2020 | Full Review…

Charlotte Harrison
VultureHound
Through her strong message of self-acceptance, Taryn shifts the focus of bodies and physical health to that of mental health; demonstrating that our obsession with image, especially the unattainable, is doing more damage that many may suspect.

September 15, 2017 | Full Review…

Keeva Stratton
Rescu (Australia)
Frank body image docu advocates acceptance.

August 16, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Barbara Shulgasser
Common Sense Media
For many, she won't be saying or offering up anything new, but what Brumfitt is doing, without the gimmickry of say That Sugar Film or Super Size Me, is highlighting how global the problem of body shaming and self-loathing has become.

September 1, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

James Croot
Stuff.co.nz
As a piece of storytelling, Embrace is similarly intimate and idiosyncratic. And that's what makes it so accessible.

August 4, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Vicky Roach
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
A highly accessible and refreshingly honest Australian-made documentary, Embrace is transmitting a valuable message all women should be hearing loud and clear.

August 4, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
Embrace is the kind of informative, helpful film mothers might want to take their young daughters to see, and teachers might want to show their students.

August 4, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Rochelle Siemienowicz
sbs.com.au
A film that is at points torn between the documentary filmmaking tradition and launching a hashtag-ready movement.

August 3, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Craig Mathieson
The Sunday Age
Embrace is very important viewing for, literally, everyone.

August 1, 2016 | Rating: 18/20 | Full Review…

Sophia Watson
FILMINK (Australia)

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