I Am Woman
Front Row Filmed Entertainment | Release Date: September 11, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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8
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7
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 10, 2020
Reddy’s story is given the standard, time-honored biopic treatment in I Am Woman, which checks off just about every cliché imaginable — and yet wins us over, in large part due to the star-power performance of Tilda Cobham-Hervey as Reddy. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSep 9, 2020
Still, I Am Woman, while it doesn’t roar, effectively tells Reddy’s story and speaks strongly about the women’s movement and the struggle that continues. Read full review
70
Film ThreatAlan NgDec 17, 2020
What makes I Am Woman worth watching (and recommending) is the importance of Helen Reddy’s story, predictable as it is. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicEd MasleySep 8, 2020
Cobham-Hervey's breathtaking performance elevates the whole endeavor, capturing the heart of what made Reddy so deserving of the winning tribute Moon has given her with I Am Woman. It's in Cobham-Hervey's understatement that we truly hear this woman roar. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshSep 10, 2020
For all the film’s minor flaws, it is deeply moving and incredibly important to witness the impact of "I Am Woman” as an enduring, uplifting cry for freedom and empowerment. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartSep 10, 2020
I’d have been curious to see more about Reddy’s interactions with the women’s movement, but the film mostly has room for this one woman. Thanks to Cobham-Hervey’s performance, it’s an engaging, if fairly familiar, story. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Johanna SchnellerSep 10, 2020
Plays like an easy-listening hit. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 7, 2020
It’s not a great film, with a story that has too much “Lifetime Original Movie” slack and soap operatic touches for its own good. But as Jerry Wald says, “It’s all about timing.” Read full review
60
CNNBrian LowrySep 10, 2020
Helen Reddy might seem so 1970s, but her song "I Am Woman" became a feminist anthem of its time, and serves as the title and centerpiece of a reasonably good movie biography, if one that -- perhaps due to the nature of her life -- feels a little like the Hallmark Channel version of "Bohemian Rhapsody." Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySep 8, 2020
Even when it veers into familiar territory, I Am Woman remains entertaining and sharply packaged. Read full review
60
The GuardianLuke BuckmasterSep 8, 2020
It is a lean and likeable, if slight and a little trite, celebration of the legendary Australian-American singer, feminist and anthem-creator Helen Reddy, shot with a rich neo-noirish texture by Oscar-winning cinematographer Dion Beebe. Read full review
58
Original-CinLiam LaceySep 10, 2020
While the performances are heart-warming, the characterization of Reddy feels reductive, overlooking the real-life contradictions, flinty humour, and eccentricities that might have made the performance less generic. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 10, 2020
I Am Woman, a pleasant, yet disappointingly trite biopic of the singer Helen Reddy, has a flatness that’s difficult to ascribe to any one element. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveySep 8, 2020
The film doesn’t contextualize Reddy within the musical personalities of her era (beyond saying she sure wasn’t cock-rockers Deep Purple, another Wald client), so newbies may well come away with no idea why she had a unique niche in the ’70s entertainment landscape. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 9, 2020
Each scene needed a jolt of music or energy that just wasn’t there. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleySep 11, 2020
I Am Woman is a start in the right direction. However, based on this film you might think that the most interesting thing about Reddy is that she married her manager who then got addicted to cocaine. It's a frustratingly shallow approach to a singer who deserves better. Read full review
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