The Glorias could have been a life-changing, uplifting, and inspiring film about Gloria Steinem, a well-known writer, journalist, and women's rights activist.
However, the film's script appears to want to cover every aspect of Gloria's life, which it did, but it fails to capture the true persona of Gloria's influential life.
It is about Gloria's journey, or "the road of her life," from childhood to adulthood. Four women seated on a Greyhound Lines bus illustrate each stage of her journey as it progresses throughout the movie.
These four females were all excellent choices for the role, and they all performed well throughout the film. These stunning black-and-white, slow-motion scenes portray Gloria's long journey down memory lane through the difficult tunnel of her life.
The background music is fantastic; it fits the film's overall vibrant atmosphere, as well as Gloria's enduring spirit.
Gloria was very close to her father, an antique dealer, when she was a child. And through his love of travelling from place to place from Gloria's childhood until his passing, he motivated Gloria to pursue her fellowship in India, where she frequently appears wearing a white saree while discussing Gandhi's nonviolent movement and learning about the challenging lives of women by listening to their tales from village to village.
"No, travelling is the best education. It's the only education really". - Gloria Steinem's Father
Later, when she was a teenager, she was seen as being close to her mother, who had separated from her father, and now she's ill and bedridden. Her mother, who used to be a writer, has given up writing to raise her two daughters. Gloria is hesitant to question her mother about her decision to stop writing, even though she wants to.
The film revolves around the four Glorias sitting together, questioning and reviewing on the decisions she made years ago, how things were for women at that time and how Gloria dealt with them, And what she had to do, what she did with the hardships of her daily life struggles, "in the odd dance of daily life", and how she kept the promises she had once made.
All the four Gloria's converse, sometimes argue and ask questions to each other about the decisions she made on her journey of life from her childhood, to being a teen and young adult Gloria in her 20s working as a journalist for various publications and the discrimination and inequalities she faced there and finally an older Gloria in her 30s when she started her own Ms. Magazine to voice the women's rights and movements while talking and writing about sexism, racism and starting a whole new revolution throughout the whole world.
The film depicted every aspect of Gloria's life, from the minor to the major, such as how she dealt with her fear of public speaking, her father's death, and the "stunning sex object" notion in a television interview.
The justified rage and anguish displayed in that scene with an artistic creative expression that elevates the entire scene to a new level. In straight forward simple language Gloria answers back "Forgive and Forget".
It paid so much attention to detailing Gloria's life that the film feels so long to watch after the intermission. After all, it's two hours and thirty minutes long, and it gets boring in the middle half.
Although the film's script attempted to cover every aspect of Gloria's life, it fell short of capturing the true essence of her influential lifestyle. Gloria Steinem, the epitome of the feminist movements, is undeniably inspiring for women and will continue to be for future generations.
Regrettably, the messy and completely devoid representation or to say the lack of a true depiction of Gloria's bold and daring, inner strength in the film-a result of poor storytelling-it ruins it.
However, the film's script appears to want to cover every aspect of Gloria's life, which it did, but it fails to capture the true persona of Gloria's influential life.
It is about Gloria's journey, or "the road of her life," from childhood to adulthood. Four women seated on a Greyhound Lines bus illustrate each stage of her journey as it progresses throughout the movie.
These four females were all excellent choices for the role, and they all performed well throughout the film. These stunning black-and-white, slow-motion scenes portray Gloria's long journey down memory lane through the difficult tunnel of her life.
The background music is fantastic; it fits the film's overall vibrant atmosphere, as well as Gloria's enduring spirit.
Gloria was very close to her father, an antique dealer, when she was a child. And through his love of travelling from place to place from Gloria's childhood until his passing, he motivated Gloria to pursue her fellowship in India, where she frequently appears wearing a white saree while discussing Gandhi's nonviolent movement and learning about the challenging lives of women by listening to their tales from village to village.
"No, travelling is the best education. It's the only education really". - Gloria Steinem's Father
Later, when she was a teenager, she was seen as being close to her mother, who had separated from her father, and now she's ill and bedridden. Her mother, who used to be a writer, has given up writing to raise her two daughters. Gloria is hesitant to question her mother about her decision to stop writing, even though she wants to.
The film revolves around the four Glorias sitting together, questioning and reviewing on the decisions she made years ago, how things were for women at that time and how Gloria dealt with them, And what she had to do, what she did with the hardships of her daily life struggles, "in the odd dance of daily life", and how she kept the promises she had once made.
All the four Gloria's converse, sometimes argue and ask questions to each other about the decisions she made on her journey of life from her childhood, to being a teen and young adult Gloria in her 20s working as a journalist for various publications and the discrimination and inequalities she faced there and finally an older Gloria in her 30s when she started her own Ms. Magazine to voice the women's rights and movements while talking and writing about sexism, racism and starting a whole new revolution throughout the whole world.
The film depicted every aspect of Gloria's life, from the minor to the major, such as how she dealt with her fear of public speaking, her father's death, and the "stunning sex object" notion in a television interview.
The justified rage and anguish displayed in that scene with an artistic creative expression that elevates the entire scene to a new level. In straight forward simple language Gloria answers back "Forgive and Forget".
It paid so much attention to detailing Gloria's life that the film feels so long to watch after the intermission. After all, it's two hours and thirty minutes long, and it gets boring in the middle half.
Although the film's script attempted to cover every aspect of Gloria's life, it fell short of capturing the true essence of her influential lifestyle. Gloria Steinem, the epitome of the feminist movements, is undeniably inspiring for women and will continue to be for future generations.
Regrettably, the messy and completely devoid representation or to say the lack of a true depiction of Gloria's bold and daring, inner strength in the film-a result of poor storytelling-it ruins it.