RedCoatGirl

I found it interesting that some young reviewers found the film lacking since it revolved around a single conversation/event. One said "There was not one single action scene" and she wondered why it got 5 stars. A commenter also felt that a "film scholar" would find the film wanting due to the film centered on a single day in a hayloft. This is a women's version of "12 Angry Men." The substance of the film centers around the words and the actors that deliver them. "Women Talking" is in a hayloft instead of a jury room but the tenuous feel remains. There are conflicting opinions among the women as in "12 Angry Men" but the subject matter is still relevant. These women agree that something wrong has been done but differ in how to address the wrongdoing. Today's audiences have become desensitized to human suffering and therefore fail to see what other humans experience today in the 21st century. As a sociologist, I am urging my students and assistants to see this movie multiple times in order to awaken their inner human empathy.