The Glorias
Amazon Studios | Release Date (Streaming): September 30, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsOct 8, 2020
The strange thing is that for all its tricks — even that odd detour through The Wizard of Oz Taymor manages to serve us midway through — The Glorias still falls prey to the problem of making a movie out of a life far too vast for a movie. Which is to say, a deeply political life. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicShaena MontanariSep 29, 2020
Without any movie-specific spoilers, it’s hard not to be moved and inspired when you reach the end of the film and realize after everything Steinem and the other pioneering feminists of her day have done to advance the position of women in society, there is still much more work to do. Read full review
60
CNNBrian LowrySep 29, 2020
The key performances are strong, but director/co-writer Julie Taymor's movie meanders too much, dragging through the beginning and again toward the end. Read full review
58
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonFeb 2, 2020
For its unconventional structure and occasional flights of fancy, The Glorias all too often reads as a bog-standard biopic more interested in recounting history than telling a story. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony LaneOct 5, 2020
The result is that what should be most uplifting, in The Glorias, is most at risk of clunkiness. Read full review
50
Original-CinKim HughesOct 1, 2020
A little distance — and considerable trimming — would have served the story better. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneySep 30, 2020
A movie about such a pivotal figure who fought, and still fights, so hard for gender equality should spark some intense emotion, especially if you’re a woman. Weirdly, The Glorias never does that. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJennifer SzalaiSep 30, 2020
The intersectional core of the movement is rightfully emphasized, yet in the apparent push to make this movie as instructional and inspirational as possible, the dialogue gets saddled with some heavy-handed exposition. Read full review
50
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeSep 30, 2020
It’s a mannered and muddled take on an exciting subject, and even Taymor’s trademark flights of fantasy are fairly hit and miss. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Sarah Tai-BlackSep 30, 2020
Alongside a peculiar and overly saccharine intergenerational internal monologue that guides the film, The Glorias doesn’t seem to have learned from the important lessons evoked by its subject. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 30, 2020
All the cinematic huffing and puffing only calls attention to the paradox on which this movie is built: It’s a portrait of a woman who’s not particularly interested in being seen other than to prod the world to value other women as much as they value men — culturally, politically, and financially. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeSep 30, 2020
The result is a choppy mix of timelines, color schemes, and differing levels of realism that’s too unfocused to really inspire. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyFeb 2, 2020
It's a testament to the complexity of the subject and her positivity even in the face of the most culturally entrenched caveman attitudes that we come away from this flawed, chaotic film with a warm appreciation for her achievements and her indestructible generosity of spirit. Read full review
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Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonOct 1, 2020
An overlong, unfocused and distractingly stylized take on Ms. Steinem’s life. Read full review
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