It makes salient points about the power of debate and women's voices; Polley's intelligence and sensitivity are vital traits even as the visual components of the movie remain frustratingly inferior.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2024

While the novel was inspired by real events that occurred in a Bolivian colony, the film takes place in a rural and isolated community where the women, tired of patriarchal oppression, try to reconcile their desire for freedom with their religious beliefs

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 22, 2024

Women Talking is powerful and strikes emotional chords exactly where and when it needs to.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 26, 2024

Powerful, sensitive, and open-minded, it is a phenomenal picture that is more than deserving of its award buzz.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 15, 2024

Polley's film holds space, and, most of all, urges all in the audience to lean in and face, without filter or metaphor, the truth.

| Jul 12, 2024

“Women Talking” is an aspirational film of the existence, though unseen, of a Promised Land for women, a simple, humble, practical utopia dedicated to Philippians 4:8

| May 25, 2024

Likely to be one of your most powerful viewing experiences of the year.

| Feb 13, 2024

Polley continues to be a vital filmmaker.

| Sep 1, 2023

It’s a true ensemble piece, a puzzle of sorts — one that snaps beautifully into place under Polley’s sensitive, quietly bold and decisive direction.

| Aug 10, 2023

The film features strong women with a sense of self determination who choose the terrifying path of self liberation as they attempt to unlearn oppression and make a stand – a cry, of defiance for themselves, their loved ones and their future.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 26, 2023

Women Talking holds a lovely score by Hildur Guðnadóttir and features truly mesmerizing performances - Claire Foy being a clear standout - with emotionally powerful monologues that can break even the least sensitive viewer.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 25, 2023

Women Talking honestly kinda made me speechless? Impactful themes, thought provoking ideas, & down right one of the best scripts of this year! Alongside probably my favorite score of this year from Hildur Guðnadóttir.

| Jul 25, 2023

With one of the best-written screenplays of the year, Polley’s adaptation of the novel delivers a haunting film that is a striking look at women’s rights and the emotional weight of making a dire decision for the future of a people.

| Jul 25, 2023

The question of staying or leaving is simple, but the road to the answer is not. Women Talking is a tour de force, a fearless look at the way women lose their voices and the way they fight to get them back.

| Jul 24, 2023

We get the rare opportunity to see a glimpse into the world of survivors, to empathize and sympathize with those harmed -- and more importantly, to witness them process their faith amid spiritual manipulation.

| May 26, 2023

a great achievement in dramatizing both the power of words and the resilience of victims to throw off the shackles of their oppression and choose a different path

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 27, 2023

A daring film executed with mature sobriety. [Full review in Spanish]

| Mar 20, 2023

I can’t figure out what this movie was trying to do.

| Mar 16, 2023

Although what is explored has been elaborated in a much deeper and more detailed way on countless platforms, the film seems to offer us a synthesis to be easily consumed that does not contribute much to a constant discussion

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 16, 2023

An ensemble of astonishing actresses invest their compelling dialogue-driven drama with a wealth of empathy and thought.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 15, 2023