2022 · drama · history
Call Jane
Directed by Phyllis Nagy2h 1m2022
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
Our read: Call Jane (2022) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
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