Movie Review: Suffragette

THERE ARE SOME SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW.

Hello readers,

I am back again with a review on Suffragette and it starred Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendon Glesson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep. The film is based on an actual feminism movement group in the 19th and 20th Century of the same name. These women back in those days did not earned their freedom and the rights including being voting rights and mother's rights. Men in their lives were the in charge in what they believed was good for the women because they believed they were better.

In Suffragette, the story follows a woman named Maud (Carey Mulligan) who works at a laundry factory if I remembered clearly and has a husband and son. She was then exposed to the movement done by Suffragette including her co-worker when she happened to be at a part of London, supposedly out to finished a task. Then curiosity striked the cat, Maud went deeper when she followed her friend to listen to the women's testimonies. Instead of her friend's testimony, she had to give her own because of the bruises inflicted on her friend's face from husband's abuse.

As you can tell the obvious, after the testimonies and decisions within the courtroom, the verdict was given outside to informed the women that the evidences/testimonies were proven to be insufficient. The women were then furious with the decision, believing it to be lies and then started to protest. Things escalated when one of the policemen decided to punch a woman so hard on the stomach and the protest became violent.

You see, the problem with protests, is nobody will listened and that is the truth. In those days, whether is it women's rights or racial issues, nobody would care what you were saying until something happened. That was when in the ending of Suffragette, one of the women 'soldiers', Emily decided to fight her way in the Derby Day (watched by many audiences and even the King and Queen) and got herself killed to voiced out the cause the group have always been fighting for. It was amazing how these extraordinary women really fought their way to make sure they were heard and now we could enjoy the rights and freedom they have always dreamt for the future generations to come.

I, myself, am not a feminist, but still I enjoyed the film. Though not as much as some films, it did not really softened my heart even as a woman. Carey Mulligan as Maud was one of the factors of Suffragette which I enjoyed and she delivered a performance which you could at times sympathised her as a mother, worker and a rebel. Meryl Streep is a disadvantage in the film because her screen time isn't that much and it is not worth watching for some fans of hers, very misleading.

Ratings: 6/10