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Women Talking

Women Talking

Drama · 2022

A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

Movie details

Women Talking

“Do nothing. Stay and fight. Leave.”

2022 Drama 1h 44m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.9 / 10

44.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

90 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

77 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Women Talking?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sarah Polley

Written by

Sarah Polley

Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara

Ona

Claire Foy

Claire Foy

Salome

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Mariche

Judith Ivey

Judith Ivey

Agata

Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

August

Sheila McCarthy

Sheila McCarthy

Greta

Kate Hallett

Kate Hallett

Autje

Court is in session

Put Women Talking on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.