Certain Women

IFC Films | Release Date: October 14, 2016

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 70 Ratings

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roninator2Oct 14, 2017

This movie has nothing to actually write about as there was nothing in the movie. A long winded film of women doing their jobs. At the last minute of the film I was still waiting for something to happen to make it an interesting film, butThis movie has nothing to actually write about as there was nothing in the movie. A long winded film of women doing their jobs. At the last minute of the film I was still waiting for something to happen to make it an interesting film, but this did not happen. I recognize one of the actors in the film and was sad to find that this was so bad as I enjoy this actor very much. I would compare this to filming a forest at night for 2 hours, you would get just as much enjoyment with nothing happening.… Expand

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CMCOct 15, 2016

Very disappointing. I am not pleased to report that Rex Reed nails it pretty well. I like movies that are slow, unusual, and that strive to define personalities and moods. The performances were good and the movie is generally technicallyVery disappointing. I am not pleased to report that Rex Reed nails it pretty well. I like movies that are slow, unusual, and that strive to define personalities and moods. The performances were good and the movie is generally technically adequate, but for all the time allotted to the three women their true personalities don't emerge much and it all seems pointless and unfocussed. I kept wanting it to all come together, and it just does not. Sorry, don't waste your time on this one.… Expand

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amboyNov 9, 2016

Apparently, women in Montana lead desperately boring lives and have difficulty communicating. Hence, there's a good deal of silence in the film. I did feel sorry for them and even sorrier that I had chosen to see the fil,/

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RFStuartOct 24, 2016

I agree nearly word for word with both Brent_Marchant and CMC, right down to my dismay at finding that my least favorite critic wrote the most clear-sighted review. Why then am I bothering to submit my own review? Because I wanted to voice myI agree nearly word for word with both Brent_Marchant and CMC, right down to my dismay at finding that my least favorite critic wrote the most clear-sighted review. Why then am I bothering to submit my own review? Because I wanted to voice my irritation and bafflement at so many generally incisive critics getting it so, so wrong. How does that happen? Is it the hidden game of attention and persuasion from people connected with the film? Fear of embarrassment at missing something, and so crediting the empty and too thinly drawn for being "deeply felt"? Fantasy identification with lifestyles? I could go on speculating, but it occurs to me that maybe this is not really an appropriate place for addressing these things. I wonder, though, how many others feel as I do--like a victim of critical malpractice, after having been persuaded by so much rich praise to see something so singularly vapid and incoherent.… Expand

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bostoncriticNov 21, 2016

An indie film of short stories about women, set in the state of Montana, intrigued me as it would many, just because I've never been there, but also because it has three famous and accomplished actresses. I wanted to like this movie. TheAn indie film of short stories about women, set in the state of Montana, intrigued me as it would many, just because I've never been there, but also because it has three famous and accomplished actresses. I wanted to like this movie. The three main actresses, and the additional unknown actress who played a ranch hand, can hardly be faulted for their performances, given the pathetically vapid, boring script. The director wants to tell stories about how women have it so hard in a man's world. It is supposed to be a serious movie with serious points about subtle indignities faced by women. Instead it is all style over substance. And the style is a slow, lingering, pseudo-intellectual gaze at inconsequential, mundane lives of lonely women in a lonely Montana landscape. Remarkable in that the acting was great, and it was actually beautifully shot, yet I never want to see another movie by Kelly Reichardt ever again. And Montana is now at the bottom of my list of yet-unvisited states to see. Do not waste your time or your money. Stay away, unless you want to see perhaps the world's most stupid, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual "feminist" film ever made.… Expand

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lmyk105Feb 23, 2018

Painfully slow and painfully boring film. Just wasted two hours of my life.

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