Woman Thou Art Loosed
6.6
2004
1 hr 34 min
Drama
An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.
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- Cast：
- Kimberly Elise , Loretta Devine , Debbi Morgan , Michael Boatman , Clifton Powell , Louisa Abernathy , Sean Blakemore
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Absolutely Fantastic
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Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.
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Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
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Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
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