Woman, Thou Art Loosed Movie Review 2004

Critics may have been divided on this pic's merits but female audiences gave it strong word-of-mouth support. Based on the self-help novel by charismatic Bishop T.D. Jakes (who plays himself), "Woman" follows the lifelong misfortunes of Michelle (a ferocious Elise), a young black victim of poverty, rape, drug addiction, and eventual imprisonment for murder. The flashback structure of the story (Jakes offers a compassionate ear as Michelle tells her story) is somewhat distracting, but Foster's script offers multi-dimensional characters even if it's a little self-conscious.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Running time 99 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Women, African America, Religion, Clergymen, Sexual Abuse, Rape, Incest, Drug Use & Abuse

Cast

Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine, Debbi (Deborah) Morgan, Michael Boatman, Clifton Powell, Sean Blakemore, Ricky Harris

Cinematography

Reinhart Pesche

Director

Michael A. Schultz

Other

Veda Campbell, Rita S. McGhee, Liba Daniels

Producer

Reuben Cannon, Reuben Cannon