70
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe New York TimesRachel SaltzThese interviews form the backbone of !W.A.R., and like the film, they're passionate, contentious, funny, sincere, politically attuned.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterIt took 42 years for filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson to make !Women Art Revolution. The film, about the emerging feminist movement, is comprehensive and vibrant.
- 80Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonMoves briskly, unfolding as one lively sit-down after another with artists, scholars, and curators who established themselves at the height of second-wave feminism.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIn her vibrant !Women Art Revolution Hershman focuses on a number of the many women who created what has been called the most significant art movement of the late 20th century.
- 75Boston GlobeBoston GlobeIt's affecting, and the tone, which is polemical, is also rueful and realistic.
- 63New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottThese women deserve to have their voices heard, and this film finally lets them have their say.
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThankfully, Lynn Hershman-Leeson's loosely organized doc offers a long-overdue primer on what these radical groundbreakers accomplished.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoWhile I have no argument with Leeson's political views, her presentation -- mostly a succession of talking heads -- is dry and uninspired. These women deserve better.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineUnlike Pamela Tanner Boll's truly inquisitive "Who Does She Think She Is?", which delves deeply and personally into the lives of a handful of working artist moms, Hershman Leeson introduces us only superficially to her dozens of pioneering friends.