Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

Despite its historical significance, Iron Jawed Angels misses the mark with its cheesy music, tedious romance plot and by-the-book acting. Some of the dramatic sequences--such as the egg yolk scene--make this film worthwhile, but many of the scenes lack the life and vigor that more experienced actors would easily provide. Huston gives by far the best performance, followed by Martindale. Swank was decent for the role of Alice Paul, but in my opinion was miscast. The romance between Paul and a young man is dull and predictable. Likewise, the opening of the film is hideously boring, as Paul and her friend playfully joke about the most frivolous subjects. Probably the worst aspect of this movie was the music, which resembled today's pop music beats and did not fit the time period at all, thus detracting from the authenticity of the film's sets. Although it has moments of good acting and thought-provoking dialogue, Iron Jawed Angels is weakly-constructed in many ways and probably not worth your time.bitesizemoviereview.blogspot.com

This movie literally changed life. Seeing what those women went through to have a voice in this country helped me realize that everything we have as free people now was paid for by someone else. It left me thinking and wondering what my portion is and what I need to do now to further opportunities for myself, my daughter, and grandchildren to come. I think this film should be shown in our public schools to emphasize how important issues like these are to their future. I think this film should be shown in the years of elections. And I would highly recommend this film be shown to any and all girl's clubs (Camp Fire, Girl Scouts etc). I am not a man hater, but experienced discrimination in the workplace and saw boldfaced how women are still not paid enough for the same jobs as men, when their quality is better. More women graduate from College than men and STILL women are not paid as well as men.

This movie was stunning. The story is compelling and the dramatic historically accurate story can touch even the bitterest people. This movie truly captures the historical truth of the suffrage movement. It had everything from the camps women suffered in to the dangers of the women protesting during war. Just a little piece of information, the women were arrested outside the White House for obstructing traffic in real life. The scenes in the work camp were truly gruesome, but told the truth about what happened when Alice Paul (played by Swank) decided to lead her gang in hunger strikes. Now, i normally don't flinch in movies and i had to turn my head the first time i saw the scene in which Hilary Swank was "tortured." I knew that the work camps the women were sent to treated the women awfully, but I never imagined the camps to be as bad as displayed in the movie. It was an eye opening experience! Just as a side note, I also enjoyed the music. The music added a modern touch to an "old" story.Now for the romance. Don't get me wrong, I am all for romance and Patrick Dempsey <3. However, I feel that the love story between Swank and Dempsey added extra drama to make a love story out of something so serious as the suffrage movement. Though I always love to see Dempsey on the television, I think that the romantic fling was unnecessary except to further display Alice Paul's devotion to womens' rights.This movie was truly amazing and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a serious historic film that is as entertaining as it is eye-opening. This movie opened my eyes to the true horrors of the suffrage movement and just how much these women gave up to give us women today the right to vote. This is a movie every person should see…man and woman. So in closing I would like to say watch the movie, enjoy it, take in its powerful message, and the next time you consider not voting in an election think back to what these women went through to give women the right to vote.

I just showed this movie in my American History class,and I can see it made a huge impact on my students. People do not always like to talk about the unpleasant things in our past, and I like to show both sides of an issue. I had them do a reflection after viewing certain scenes(the parade, the jail, and an overall feeling to name a few) I was amazed at the responses, even from the "tough" boys. They were moved and shocked as was I. True enough, there is a Hollywood spin, but it is also a powerful film. I can not say enough positive things about this film. The film depicts women and the struggle for the vote. One of the reasons I showed the movie was my history book had a one liner when buried in the end of the WWI chapter when the amendment was passed, so I figured I would address the issue.