Film Review – Women Talking

There’s truth in advertising with “Women Talking,” which does indeed feature women talking for the entire run time, and these characters have plenty to be concerned about. Writer/director Sarah Polley provides an adaptation of author Miriam Toews 2018 book of the same name, which spotlights sudden panic and extended debate with female members of a Mennonite colony when they discover horrors beyond their imagination, forced to make a choice about their future survival. Polley wisely avoids the inherent staginess of the material with a nicely cinematic interpretation, hunting for poetic moments between offerings of gut-rot emotion and anxiety. It’s a tale of awakening and faith, along with self-preservation, and “Women Talking” remains involving as the central situation of alarm is gradually revealed, with incredibly strong performances from the cast creating tension as debates carry on and concerns are finally voiced. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com