An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but it seemed to be an interesting story and since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though it could have been a great movie with a really strong story about a very important subject, it turned out to be only a decent watch, I’m afraid. First of all, what was exactly the deal with Emmeline Pankhurst? In this case, it wasn’t really up to the makers since she was one of the actual historical characters involved, but I didn’t really get why she was hiding when all the other women involved were taking so many risks. I mean, can you imagine if Martin Luther King Jr or Gandhi would have been hiding instead of being directly involved? Anyway, the movie was not bad about Pankhurst and, instead, they decided to focus on a random fictional woman but it didn’t really worked out. I won’t blame Carey Mulligan as she delivered another solid performance but her character was not really interesting, I’m afraid. Basically, she had been created to embody all these women and what they were going through so she was more a basic archetype than an actual fully fledged human being. Concerning the other characters, it was actually even worse as they were even less developed and, everything they did or said was only to move the plot forward. Anyway, to conclude, even if the whole thing turned to be slightly disappointing, it remains a very important story with a great historical value so I still think it is worth a look.