Just Like a Woman
2012 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 5.6 · 26% critics
Two women facing unhappy, restrictive lives leave home and head west on a road trip toward a dance audition and the hope of a fresh start. Along the way, their shared escape becomes a search for freedom, dignity, and a second chance.
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2013-03-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 26/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (37 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy female-driven road movies about friendship, hardship, and personal freedom, with a touch of dance and a hopeful streak; Not for you if you want a lighter tone or a tightly polished plot.
Pros: strong lead performances; moving friendship; hopeful road-trip spirit | Cons: uneven story; heavy-handed drama; some forced moments
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- immigrant
- dancing
- misery
- marriage
- highway
- medicine
- market
- murder
- fugitive
- justice
- receptionist
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Sienna Miller
as Marilyn
Golshifteh Farahani
as Mona
Bahar Soomekh
as Soha
Tim Guinee
as George
Roschdy Zem
as Mourad
Chafia Boudraa
as La mère de Mourad
- JH
Jesse Harper
as Harvey
Sayed Badreya
as Tarek
Usman Ally
as Ousman
- ME
Michael Ehlers
as Peter
Directed by Rachid Bouchareb