#549

"7 Women is, in actuality, a great film whose potboiler plot masks an incisive inquiry into the battle of the sexes." - Keith Uhlich

John Ford's last film is one of his most thematically compelling, touching on issues of Christian hypocrisy, atheism, feminism and even a little bit of lesbianism. Ford keeps things interesting and always moving along smoothly. Bancroft is very good, and for the most part the rest of the cast holds their own. The most off-putting element was the blatantly stage-bound set. Other than that, however, not bad at all... and quite a surprise to see such unusually progressive attitudes from Ford.

Not the best John Ford picture but Anne Bancroft does get a great closing line. But Mike Mazurki as a mongolian? That's a keeper.

amazingly boring and so slow that i actually fell asleep, in fact that's all this movie is good at.

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Where's your god now, bitches? I didn't know Ford had something like this in him, a tightly paced scathing and bleak film without a worthwhile man in sight. Bancroft is great but that's not a slight against the others who all do well with their parts. I do have to wonder why the film isn't called 8 women though.

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I really enjoyed Ford's final feature. The drama consistently feels confined, the characters large in their small world, always brought together in tight spaces, which of course leads to conflict. Only a couple of lines of dialogue feel out of place, and Ford's placement of the camera feels fresh and interesting.

Ford's very best, in my opinon.