AKA Jane Roe
FX | Release Date: May 22, 2020
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
95
PrimetimerAaron BarnhartMay 22, 2020
Season 1 Review: It is a must-watch doc. ... The enduring impression of this film isn’t of the interested actors who found it convenient to use Norma McCorvey — it’s of McCorvey herself. Read full review
70
VarietyDaniel D'AddarioMay 20, 2020
Season 1 Review: In McCorvey, this slight film introduces a character well worth knowing even aside from the history she made, but simply for her grace. Read full review
65
CNNBrian LowryMay 22, 2020
Season 1 Review: AKA Jane Roe is constructed like a mystery, building toward a previously unseen interview with the late Norma McCorvey -- made famous by the abortion-rights case Roe v. Wade -- that she describes as her "deathbed confession." But the documentary is most intriguing as a profile of a woman who spent time as a lightning rod for both sides of the most divisive of political issues. Read full review
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