![]() Jean finds comfort in other women throughout the film as well, including a couple of strangers in a laundromat. It’s not just the bond between those women, either. Photo: Wilson Webb Courtesy of Amazon Studios MARSHA STEPHANIE BLAKE and RACHEL BROSNAHAN star in I’M YOUR WOMAN They aren’t helplessly waiting, and they support one another at every turn, even as they learn more about one another’s personal histories (where things get a bit more complicated). They’re the ones who take matters into their own hands and affect change. The women are central to this film, not the men. Instead, it feels a little glossed over, like many of the other details throughout the movie. We see the women working together and fighting their own battles to a point, but it’s a part of the film that could have been much richer. I say should be, because much of this feels like a lost opportunity. She and Cal’s wife Teri then take off on their own for what should be the most enjoyable part of the film. Maisel Season 5 Teaser Released by Prime Videoīut after Cal disappears too, and his family shows up to help Jean and her baby, she refuses to wait around any longer. Sometimes that is to her detriment - her decisions aren’t always sound. RACHEL BROSNAHAN and ARINZE KENE star in I’M YOUR WOMANĪs much as Jean is told by others what’s best for her and what she should do next, she only acts as a victim for so long. It’s not a great lie, granted, which shows she still has plenty to learn, but the point is that she does what she has to in the moment. When an officer confronts her and Cal, Eddie’s friend who’s been sent to help her, assuming Jean is in danger from Cal because he’s a Black man, Jean lies to the officer to diffuse the situation and get them away - noting afterward that she didn’t know she could lie like that. ![]() Jean’s naivete shows throughout, but when she’s forced to do what she has to in order to survive, she does so with an ease that surprises even herself. ![]() It’s that journey that makes I’m Your Womanso compelling. So when Eddie disappears and Jean is taken on the run, fearing for her own life and the life of her new child, she’s forced to figure some things out for herself pretty quickly. Photo: Wilson Webb, Courtesy of Amazon Studios BILL HECK and RACHEL BROSNAHAN star in I’M YOUR WOMAN Even when Eddie shows up one day and hands her a baby, she accepts the child just a little too easily. Jean knows her husband Eddie leads a life of crime, but she doesn’t ask many questions and generally doesn’t seem bothered by it. The film follows Jean (Rachel Brosnahan), a despondent housewife who’s never had to do much for herself and has never been on her own. A person can learn a lot about themselves when their life is in immediate danger.Īmazon’s latest original film, I’m Your Woman, shows just that, offering a new perspective to the classic 1970s style crime dramas.
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