Suffragette [DVD]

This was an incredibly powerful movie that really educated me further as to the roots of the suffragette movement and some of the things that women had to go through in the United Kingdom to get the vote. The actors were brilliant in how they portrayed their characters and emotions, and I was gripped throughout. It is rare for me to say that I would watch a movie a second time, however this is one movie that I would definitely watch again and STRONGLY encourage all young people to watch so that they can learn to value their right to vote and take advantage of that right rather than ignore it! That doesn't mean that all elements of the suffragette movement were justified or that I necessarily agree with everything that they did. In addition, the incredibly high cost some of those women paid is heart breaking. But the basic tenet that women have the same rights as men to vote and that they had to fight for that right so very recently and at such a price is a real eye-opener!

This movie was amazing, and everyone should watch it! It really shows what happened, and what it was during that time period. The cast is also amazing, the story can be fast moving that you have to rewatch -but- once again, it was very good and would watch it again!

The acting is superb, the historical facts are eye opening for my wife and daughters.It makes feel more thankful and makes us act more grateful, to also share it with other families.

The women who fought for our rights do need our thanks. However, like any other social change, some fought for change while others enjoyed status quo and their position in the scheme of things.Enter Carey Mulligan, who plays Maud Watt. She is a laundress, poor, married, and has one young son. She's been working since she was twelve in terrible conditions, scraping by to make a life. For the most part, she's accepted her lot in life. Appears to be happy in her marriage and a fulfilled mother.Then she recognizes someone at work, who is part of a demonstration, and throws a stone through a store window shouting, "Votes for women!" Appalled, frightened, and not quite sure what to think of it, she eventually becomes part of the movement. She attends a rally to check out the cause but is not a suffragette filled with the heated emotion to bring upon change.When she is arrested and thrown into prison for her participation, things drastically change. Her husband turns against her and locks her out of the home because she is an embarrassment and cannot be controlled by a good whack, like other wives. Eventually, unable to care for their son, he adopts the child out to another family. Maud loses everything -- home, marriage, and child -- which merely fuels her desire to fight the good fight more radically.The movie focuses on more than women demanding the vote. It paints a picture of the struggles that women, in general, went through to become more than wives and mothers in a male-dominated society.I've recently been reading historical news clippings from Salford, U.K. (my ancestry research), and came across an interesting article when women finally got the vote in 1918. It was reported that women were among the first voters in every polling district to show up the first time they could vote, eager to exercise their freedom. However, one woman interviewed by a reporter stated afterward, “Is that all it is?” Apparently, after the years of suffering to get there, when it finally happened, all the hype didn't meet the expectations of some ladies. I'm sure that's not the case with all who fought for the right to have a voice. Frankly, I think it was a bit of a sarcastic twist on behalf of the reporter.As far as the movie goes, it's historically interesting. If you hate male domination and the thought that women need to be put in their place, this movie may not be for you. Violence is used against demonstrators as if they deserved every blow.

This is an alarming film for those who do not know the history of the suffragette movement. What the British suffragettes suffered and endured in the early twentieth century -- imprisonment, persecution, forced feeding, humiliation, personal tragedy, and even death -- is here in its brutality and poignancy. Some people might find the scenes too shocking to bear.The actresses are splendid in drawing us into their conflict and evoking our outrage. Since the story is based on fact, it's a powerful documentary of the struggle for human rights and the triumph of the human spirit.

It's a great movie, and very important for our times. I thought that the acting and cinematography were excellent. It gave the sense of the under class and the main character, a composite, illustrated real life for these women. It gave a very clear sense of the sacrifice made to gain the basic right to vote. Make no mistake, it was just as horrible here in the US. While we think of heroism as guys dying in battle, the long-term moral battle here demanded a sacrifice greater than most of us would ever bear. The movie conveyed it well. And I think that makes some people uncomfortable.

Suffragette-Carey Mulligan -- I was eager to watch an historical drama and I was interested in a version of the Suffragette story, but I was disappointed in the film. The movie was okay; it passed the time, and since I rented it, I watched all of it. However, it lacked depth. The film is not one I would buy or rent again. Being a writer, I could see the depth in the story, but it never made it to the surface of the film or out into the viewer. Again, it's an okay movie to rent one time, to spend and evening or afternoon, but I'm just rating it as okay.

Movie was obviously slanted toward the suffragette struggles. But is an eye opener as to the role and attitude towards women at the turn of the 20th Century that we find hard to imagine ever existed Although Meryl Streep is pictured as a major player in this movie she essentially had a very minor role. Carey Mulligan is being cast in more substantial roles as she grows as an actor. Movie was well acted and had a sort of surprising finish if you didn't know the history of the suffragette movement in the UK. Good movie