Film Review – Suffragette

Capturing the zeitgeist, “Suffragette” is a respectful view of history, taking viewers back to 1912 to study the plight of the women’s suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. It’s an extraordinary story funneled into an encouraging but deeply flawed film, but one that benefits from sheer passion for the subject. Director Sarah Gavron (“Brick Lane”) captures intensity and dissects personal sacrifice with precision, keeping tight control of emotional content and a sensational performance from Carey Mulligan. “Suffragette” stumbles when it comes to establishing a coherent visual look for the picture, and its history is blurred at best, but the core outrage of the material comes through clearly, supporting the feature when artificiality threatens to swallow the whole effort. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com