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Raw and rich in decade-spanning detail, Jane Fonda in Five Acts paints a living portrait of one popular culture's most compelling figures.
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Pictures often speak louder than words, and filmmaker Susan Lacy does a masterful job of summing up this amazing female icon with her documentary, Jane Fonda in Five Acts. January 23, 2020 | Full Review…
Pictures often speak louder than words, and filmmaker Susan Lacy does a masterful job of summing up this amazing female icon with her documentary, Jane Fonda in Five Acts.
Susan Wloszczyna
Her mug shot may be used as the central marketing hook, but there was so much more to Fonda than just "Hanoi Jane" and I liked that Five Acts gave equal weight to all of her work both on and off screen. December 24, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Her mug shot may be used as the central marketing hook, but there was so much more to Fonda than just "Hanoi Jane" and I liked that Five Acts gave equal weight to all of her work both on and off screen.
Glenn Dunks
She's a legend, sure. But now she's not Henry's daughter, or Roger/Tom/Ted's wife, or Bree Daniels. She's just Jane, the doc suggests, plain old Jane. It only took decades to get there. December 20, 2018 | Full Review…
She's a legend, sure. But now she's not Henry's daughter, or Roger/Tom/Ted's wife, or Bree Daniels. She's just Jane, the doc suggests, plain old Jane. It only took decades to get there.
David Fear
Fonda is so solid throughout the documentary that an enthusiastic reference to a prophetic psychic reading sticks out as a flighty departure. December 14, 2018 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Fonda is so solid throughout the documentary that an enthusiastic reference to a prophetic psychic reading sticks out as a flighty departure.
Gwen Ihnat
Modern documentaries have led us to expect more rigour in their storytelling but this, despite its willingness to touch on family discord and so on, keeps a respectful distance that ultimately frustrates. November 6, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Modern documentaries have led us to expect more rigour in their storytelling but this, despite its willingness to touch on family discord and so on, keeps a respectful distance that ultimately frustrates.
Julia Raeside
At age 80, Jane Fonda is still going strong. Here's to act number six! October 25, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
At age 80, Jane Fonda is still going strong. Here's to act number six!
Michael A. Smith
This HBO production is too long. And I found some of the modern day interviews somewhat self-serving and filled with inconsistencies. On the other hand, who among us can look back on long lives with total emotional and factual recall? October 15, 2018 | Full Review…
This HBO production is too long. And I found some of the modern day interviews somewhat self-serving and filled with inconsistencies. On the other hand, who among us can look back on long lives with total emotional and factual recall?
Diane Pershing
Two hours of your time very well spent. October 5, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Two hours of your time very well spent.
Leigh Paatsch
The emotional and often raw documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts, presents a woman of contradictions, an activist who ended a marriage to fulfill her need to make the world a better place October 2, 2018 | Full Review…
The emotional and often raw documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts, presents a woman of contradictions, an activist who ended a marriage to fulfill her need to make the world a better place
Anne Brodie
This a film that celebrates change and transformation; the power that comes from our ability to learn from our mistakes and to grow. Like the woman at the centre of it all, it's inspirational. September 29, 2018 | Full Review…
This a film that celebrates change and transformation; the power that comes from our ability to learn from our mistakes and to grow. Like the woman at the centre of it all, it's inspirational.
Chloe Walker
What [the film] is throughout is tender, more a watercolour than an oil, which ultimately paints its subject in detail but in tender shades. September 28, 2018 | Full Review…
What [the film] is throughout is tender, more a watercolour than an oil, which ultimately paints its subject in detail but in tender shades.
Michael Idato
The poignancy of Fonda's point of view on the various topics adds tremendously to the unfolding of this excellent film. Fonda makes no excuses saying, "I am what I am." September 27, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The poignancy of Fonda's point of view on the various topics adds tremendously to the unfolding of this excellent film. Fonda makes no excuses saying, "I am what I am."
Sarah Knight Adamson
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