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Women's Voices for Change

Women's Voices for Change is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Alexandra MacAaron, Cecilia Ford.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3/10
You People (2023) Alexandra MacAaron 'You People' awkwardly (and often offensively) alternates between its rom-com set-up and decidedly un-funny observations on racism.
Posted Mar 15, 2023  Edit critic review
8/10
Alice, Darling (2022) Alexandra MacAaron What makes 'Alice, Darling' so engaging is the central theme of women supporting women, and just how powerful friendship and community can be.
Posted Mar 15, 2023  Edit critic review
10/10
Women Talking (2022) Alexandra MacAaron A movie with so little plot, so constricted a setting relies on the talents of its cast. Sarah Polley's ensemble is nothing less than superb.
Posted Mar 15, 2023  Edit critic review
8.5/10
Corsage (2022) Alexandra MacAaron On the one hand, Elisabeth was held up to an almost unbearable level of scrutiny by both the palace and the public. On the other, she was expected to keep her opinions (that is, if she even had any) to herself.
Posted Jan 25, 2023  Edit critic review
8/10
The Menu (2022) Alexandra MacAaron Both 'Glass Onion' and 'The Menu' owe some of their success and much of our enjoyment to the late, great Lady Mallowan. We are deep into Agatha Christie territory here.
Posted Jan 25, 2023  Edit critic review
8/10
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Alexandra MacAaron Both 'Glass Onion' and 'The Menu' owe some of their success and much of our enjoyment to the late, great Lady Mallowan. We are deep into Agatha Christie territory here.
Posted Jan 25, 2023  Edit critic review
3/10
Disenchanted (2022) Alexandra MacAaron The conundrum with sequels: Is it better to risk tarnishing a beloved original in order to make more money? In this case, maybe not. I'm afraid the title sums it up pretty well.
Posted Jan 25, 2023  Edit critic review
9/10
The Woman King (2022) Alexandra MacAaron 'The Woman King' artfully and seamlessly blends some familiar movie genres — following in the tradition of big-screen sagas like Gladiator, Braveheart, and Last of the Mohicans — with a fresh female perspective. And, Viola Davis rules!
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
3/10
Blonde (2022) Alexandra MacAaron Aside from the jarring directorial choices and overall bleakness of 'Blonde,' what bothered me the most is that while individual predators and the Hollywood machine are condemned for exploiting Marilyn, 'Blonde' feels just as exploitive.
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
6/10
The Princess (2022) Alexandra MacAaron Disney Princess meets Kill Bill in the style of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This fractured fairy tale follows a badass young royal who rejects her husband, escapes from a tower, rescues her family, reclaims her kingdom, and generally wreaks havoc.
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
8/10
Catherine Called Birdy (2022) Alexandra MacAaron Birdy challenges assumptions and rewrites rules so they are better suited to everyone. As her story ends, she wishes she could “Help every girl in the world.” Dunham’s delightful movie is a step in the right direction.
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
7.5/10
The Good House (2021) Alexandra MacAaron Hildy deserves a second chance at love, but the core of the film — in Weaver’s remarkably capable hands — is her love/hate relationship with alcohol. It’s a relationship many of us can relate to. Weaver’s performance makes 'The Good House' pretty great.
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
8/10
Call Jane (2022) Alexandra MacAaron While Call Jane is what I referred to earlier as an abortion drama, the abortions are one of the film’s least dramatic elements — which makes a fairly dramatic statement in itself. Of course, right now, any abortion drama feels appallingly timely
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
8/10
The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe (2021) Alexandra MacAaron Thorough journalism and a satisfying, if often disturbing, feature-length watch. The moral of the LuLaRoe story is this. If something sounds too good to be true . . . it probably is.
Posted Aug 25, 2022  Edit critic review
7.5/10
How to Please a Woman (2022) Alexandra MacAaron Much of How to Please a Woman’s success can be credited to Phillips’s twinkling performance. Although life (in the form of age discrimination, an empty nest, and an uninterested spouse) has been disappointing lately, Gina doesn’t give up.
Posted Aug 24, 2022  Edit critic review
9/10
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) Alexandra MacAaron Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris could have been made fifty or sixty years ago (although its gorgeous cinematography and inclusive casting would have suffered). It’s the sort of feel-good movie that is all too rare these days.
Posted Aug 15, 2022  Edit critic review
8/10
Beans (2020) Alexandra MacAaron 'Beans' is not a masterpiece, but it’s a significant debut. I look forward to watching Deer hone her craft as a filmmaker — perhaps next time with a bigger budget and wider distribution. Because I’m sure she still has stories to tell.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
5/10
Being the Ricardos (2021) Alexandra MacAaron 'Being the Ricardos' is a neat piece of filmmaking, but it didn’t make me feel I knew the couple any better than I had before.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
8.5/10
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) Alexandra MacAaron Jessica Chastain's ability to create a whole and sympathetic person under a virtual, and sometimes seemingly immobile, mask is surely what her Oscar nomination is honoring (and for which she just won the SAG Award).
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
8/10
Turning Red (2022) Alexandra MacAaron 'Turning Red' is the first Pixar feature solely directed by a woman. Domee Shi's exuberant film tells girls (and boys) that it’s okay to change, to feel strong emotions, to take the time to become your true self — even if the process is a little messy.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
9/10
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) Alexandra MacAaron If you've missed the Crawley households, and the lives they lead (interrupted only by — hmmm, let’s see — World War I, the Spanish Flu, wrongful convictions for murder, illegitimate children), then by all means, catch the very next showing.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
8/10
Charlotte (2021) Alexandra MacAaron The full-length animated feature traces Charlotte Salomon’s life from her teens as an art student in Berlin, through her escape to France, and her eventual capture and murder. The treatment is sensitive and affectionate, a sweet tribute to a tragic life.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
9/10
The Janes (2022) Alexandra MacAaron At once historic and timely, The Janes underscores the dangerous and often deadly threat of unwanted pregnancy pre-Roe v. Wade. A compelling and sobering documentary.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
9/10
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) Alexandra MacAaron Nancy Stokes is a retired religious education teacher, mother of two adult children, and recently widowed. You might think that sex would be low on her list. You’d be wrong. And it would be particularly wrong to miss this smart, sweet, funny film.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
8.5/10
Watcher (2022) Alexandra MacAaron And elegant thriller and feminist cautionary tale. 'Watcher' (and there is some question as to who is the watcher and who is being watched) is genuinely frightening.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
7.5/10
Mr. Malcolm's List (2022) Alexandra MacAaron With its enthusiastic young cast, yummy art direction, and satisfying, if one-thousand-percent predictable, plotline, 'Mr. Malcolm’s List' may be exactly the right way to spend some time this summer
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
8/10
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) Alexandra MacAaron I found the film to be both moving and memorable. And, if that makes me part of a minority, that’s fine with me.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
8/10
Spencer (2021) Alexandra MacAaron 'Spencer' is not a fairy story; in fact, many of its scenes and sequences feel more like horror. As a meditation on the crisis of mental health that Princess Diana lived through, it's devastatingly effective. And Stewart is stunning.
Posted Nov 19, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
Found (2021) Alexandra MacAaron Lipitz's film is an intimate story about three Chinese-American girls on a quest to discover where they came from and, in doing so, who they really are. In their journey together, they learn they were never unloved.
Posted Nov 09, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
Passing (2021) Alexandra MacAaron Although Hall's impressive debut is about very specific people in a particular place and time, the questions it raises and the experiences it dramatizes are broader, more universal.
Posted Nov 03, 2021  Edit critic review
7.5/10
Rare Beasts (2019) Alexandra MacAaron Piper is endearingly human and messy as Mandy, and her film includes interesting and surreal touches. Chaos abounds,but in the end, Mandy's mother love proves stronger than any challenge or even the most unhinged storyline.
Posted Aug 17, 2021  Edit critic review
8/10
Confetti (2021) Alexandra MacAaron "Lovable" is the most apt description of Confetti. The film is quiet and warm; even conflicts, and there certainly are some, are resolved without much negativity. Confetti professes a faith in humanity; there's a kindness inherent in unlikely individuals.
Posted Aug 17, 2021  Edit critic review
8/10
Playing With Sharks (2021) Alexandra MacAaron The charismatic subject of writer-director and Emmy-nominee Sally Aitkin's new documentary, 'Playing with Sharks: the Valerie Taylor Story,' has been at home in - and in love with - the ocean since she was in her early twenties.
Posted Aug 05, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
Cruella (2021) Alexandra MacAaron Cruella de Vil has incredible style and evil minions at her beck and call. She is certainly a feminist, she's all-Disney, and if she turns out to be more anti-heroine than heroine, well, that's part of the fun.
Posted Jul 07, 2021  Edit critic review
8/10
Chasing Childhood (2020) Alexandra MacAaron The loss of childhood fun as we knew it isn't just something to feel wistful about. 'Chasing Childhood' points out that the disappearance of free play can have tangible and terrifying results.
Posted Jun 30, 2021  Edit critic review
8.5/10
Plan B (2021) Alexandra MacAaron Along the way, a friendship is tested; secrets are revealed; and - in a sweet touch, unusual for the genre - relationships with parents are strained but emerge strong. Stronger even than the Indian Mafia.
Posted Jun 08, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) Alexandra MacAaron Slow-moving and tough to watch, but ultimately rewarding. The dialogue is sparse, but the acting is superb. It's damned powerful and it will stay with you.
Posted Jun 08, 2021  Edit critic review
8/10
Unpregnant (2020) Alexandra MacAaron Unpregnant is rightly marketed as a comedy, but there are tough lessons wrapped up in its humor. It's the story of a complicated journey 990 miles to the nearest abortion clinic for a mother-to-be who's also a minor.
Posted Jun 08, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
Picture a Scientist (2020) Alexandra MacAaron Finely crafted, beautifully filmed, thoroughly engaging. But, it's a sobering film. It would be downright depressing if each of our heroines hadn't found her own way to overcome the nearly insurmountable obstacles she faced solely on the basis of sex.
Posted Jun 01, 2021  Edit critic review
8/10
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (2021) Alexandra MacAaron Tan shattered a glass ceiling for Asian-American, as well as other immigrant group storytellers; she helped Hollywood expand its depictions of Asian women beyond stereotypes and inspired filmmaker James Redford to produce this marvelous documentary.
Posted Jun 01, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
Pieces of a Woman (2020) Alexandra MacAaron Losing a baby before or immediately after birth is a profound and deeply personal experience. It's one that screenwriter Kata Wéber and Oscar-nominee Vanessa Kirby dramatize powerfully.
Posted Apr 08, 2021  Edit critic review
8/10
'Til Kingdom Come (2020) Alexandra MacAaron Maya Zinshtein has uncovered startling links between religion and politics but, after watching her provocative documentary 'Til Kingdom Come, you may have more questions than answers.
Posted Mar 23, 2021  Edit critic review
9.5/10
Promising Young Woman (2020) Alexandra MacAaron In 'Promising Young Woman,' the mind-blowing feature film debut of director/screenwriter Emerald Fennell, there are lots of "good men" willing to do a bad thing.
Posted Mar 16, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
Nomadland (2020) Alexandra MacAaron 'Nomadland's' willingness to shine a light on a shadowy alternative lifestyle and its use of non-actors make the film uniquely relevant and emotionally affecting.
Posted Mar 02, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) Alexandra MacAaron I don't believe we've ever seen Viola Davis turn in a less than extraordinary performance, and she gives her all once again as Ma Rainey.
Posted Feb 16, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
One Night in Miami (2020) Alexandra MacAaron Based on the 2013 stage play by Kemp Powers, it imagines an evening with four iconic Black figures: Cassius Clay, Malcom X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke. Regina King has brilliantly brought it to the screen.
Posted Feb 16, 2021  Edit critic review
9/10
Farewell Amor (2020) Alexandra MacAaron It may be true that, "absence makes the heart grow fonder." But, it's also true that people are constantly changing and evolving. How wonderful, if unlikely, that two changed people might remain in love - or slowly rediscover it - after 17 years.
Posted Jan 22, 2021  Edit critic review
7/10
Misbehaviour (2020) Alexandra MacAaron 'Misbehaviour' tells parallel stories about two sets of young women trying to improve things. Both the feminists and the contestants want more and better opportunities - they're just using diametrically opposed methods of getting there.
Posted Jan 22, 2021  Edit critic review
5/10
Happiest Season (2020) Alexandra MacAaron Really wanted to like 'Happiest Season.' On the one hand, there should be more inclusive titles in every genre, including holiday. On the other hand, inclusivity alone doesn't make a film great or even all that good.
Posted Jan 22, 2021  Edit critic review
5/10
The Prom (2020) Alexandra MacAaron Alas, The 'Prom' is a little too slick. Murphy loses the camp that made the story's silliness acceptable on Broadway. It's easy (and fun) to leave common sense behind when you're watching a staged show. It's harder onscreen.
Posted Jan 22, 2021  Edit critic review
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