Suffragette

Suffragette speaks greatly about the suffragette movement, and doesn't dare to gloss over the brutal violence many of the women earned all because of the cause they supported. Historically, it teaches a great deal. Yet, Suffragette fails to connect with its viewers. Mulligan's character seems like an unwitting protagonist, and not an unwitting protagonist that is interesting to watch due to how little she should have had to do with the events that occur. Instead, she comes off cold, and one-sided, and unrelatable. For such a powerful movement, Mulligan's character fails to draw in the emotional part of the performance required to make it a riveting film. This has nothing to do with Mulligan's acting, but rather how the story was structured. Rather than Mulligan's character having a hand in what happened and participate in the events of the suffragette movement, everything seems to happen to her without any apparent reason. She meddles, and the instant a consequence arises, she disappears back to her mundane housewife life. For those who want a cinematic view on the suffragette movement, this movie would do the job, but for those who want to be moved... Find something else.

Splendid film about some of the gross injustices women had to endure in their historical fight against the strict patriarchal society of the turn of the last century, as was constructed by men and pigs. As is usual in the long march of human history, someone - Emily Wilding Davison - had to die for the press and the authorities to start paying attention. Carey Mulligan is superb in the role of a laundry worker who takes up the fight at the cost of her marriage and of her child. You'll also probably hear that viewers on this side of the Atlantic better pay close attention to the language, for it sometimes passes you by before you can catch it.

Good historical movie on the history of violence against women with no marriage rights; rape, sexual assault and harassment in the work force; low wages for dirty labour and the indifference of paternalistic British politicians. The women of the early 20th century had to make difficult and tragic decisions for their cause to be heard by thick headed misogynists. Highly recommend for anyone who is interested in understanding the history of women's place in democratic, capitalist society dominated by the male gender.