True Women

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Summary: "true women" is true!
Review: "true women" is a super movie! It shows the problems faced by the Texas pioneer women-from Indians, disease, death, war, rivers, crops, children, and Texas politics!
Its grand-pretty well acted and I have enjoyed it several times.

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Summary: Brits are missing out
Review: Being from England i have to say that no one has heard of many movies that are made in the States and that is a real tragedy, this movie was compelling and moving. The performances were amongst the best ive seen and Angelina jolie never seems to fail. She is my fave actress but the best stuff she has produced has never been seen over here so when i say how good she is people say shes only been in tombraider and gone in 60 seconds, my blood boils.
The movie had just about everything and its not my usual genre its kinda like bad girls meets little house on the prairie. But each minute that went by kept me watching in anticipation until it all unfolded in tragedy and victory. A movie that will never be out of my collection, its brilliant and makes a refreshing change to some of the rubbish made these days through high budgets and no scripts.

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Summary: Good Female Cast in a Melodramatic Story in the South
Review: Hallmark Entertainment offers a sweeping drama about the three women living in the South, from the time of "Alamo" to the Civil War. I am afraid that your teacher of history cannot allow you to use this TV series as a text for American history, and that is simply because it is too melodramatic, in the fashion of that famous Margaret Michell's book. The story is too fast; the characters are too many; but the film never stops, and something happens every ten minutes -- war, lynch, dead bodies (including children), commentary about slavery, rights for women to vote, human rights for native Americans. In a sense, this is a modern version of "Gone with the Wind" with smaller scale.

Georgia and Euphemia are good friends, but the latter is forced to leave her in order to go to Texas (until then, it takes only ten minutes). The film traces the life of the two women separately until their reunion of many years later. Now Georgia and Euphemia (with her independent sister) are both grown up, after the happy and sad times, and as you will expect, their environments changed what they once were; though they know they are no longer the best friends who played together by the peaceful riverside, they come to understand each other after the many plights of life in time of war.

There are so many events that happen every five minutes (as the editorial review say rightly) that it is impossible for me to summerize the whole story. The film goes just like turning pages of paperbacks: now you see delightful scenes, and suddenly, a war or epidemic breaks out. Now you see Georgia meets a man, and next, you see their pledge of love. The film gives no time to think. But that is probably the point.

So, it would be best for us to see the actors. Angelina Jolie and Anabeth Gish are both good, and it is a bit surprise that their characters in childhood are played respectively by lovely Rachel Leigh Cook and Tina Majorino (who stole every scene from Kevin Costenr in "Waterworld." Male character players like Powers Boothe and Tony Todd appear, alongside with Micheal York, but their roles are smaller they should be. But it is a film about women, and female players all shine, of course, with Dana Delaney.

So, see this one as such, as a melodramatic rendition of the Southern history. It is a laudable attempt to spotlight the women's roles in the Western genre, but perhaps the film gives you an impression that there is another way of describing it. My honest feeling is that "True Women" works as a melodrama, and women's life of this time, which deserve our attention more, should be treated with deeper characters and a slower story. Still intriguing.

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Summary: Truly a classic!
Review: I cannot believe I had never heard anything about this movie previously! It ranks pretty darn close to "Gone with the Wind" in my book. Another title could be "True Grit...Women of Course!"

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Summary: "true women" is true!
Review: I felt the cast of this movie portrayed their characters quite well (if a little on the melodramatic side), however, I could not get past all the historical inaccuracies. I am not a native Texan, but I know the history of this time period and this area well, and know that this movie takes quite a few liberties with how things actually happened. I have not read the book and do not know if the inaccuracies were the film maker's attempt to make things more dramatic, or if the flawed portrayal of this time period is reflected in the novel as well (I hope not). Historically inaccurate movies are always a disappointment because they misrepresent the events of their given day and time, and make people believe that this is how things actually took place. Considering the stellar cast that was involved in this film, it is a shame that the story told was not the "real thing". Perhaps, someday, they'll get it right.

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Summary: womans point of view
Review: I was born in the north but grew up in the south. I was a Navy wife 20 years so I have traveled extensively.
This movie gives such a wonderful perspective of the country being developed.
The women are so amazingly strong. Excellent cast. Very realistic performances.
There are some parts of this country that are still fighting the civil war. I wish all our young people could watch this movie and realize what the different races of people had to deal with just to be able to live in the best country in the world.
My best friend lives in Texas now (another navy wife) I am buying this movie for her, my daughter and both my daughters-in-law. They need to see what our foremothers did to help us achieve the freedom we now take so much for granted.
I thought Gone with the Wind was my favorite movie. Not any more.
True Woman

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Summary: the best movie
Review: this was the best movie i ever saw. i saw it as a tv movie
at first and then bought the movie. the women in this movie
brought the story so alive for me. its really a great movie
to watch and a fantastic movie for women!!!

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Summary: Truly spectacular!!
Review: Though it's technically "old", this movie is a MUST-SEE!!! It is about some very brave and determined women living in the mid to late 1800's, spanning the U.S. Mexican War, the Civil War, and various other predicaments of the time period.

The story traces the lives of two girls, Georgia and Euphemia, who are best friends. Phemie's father has just died and she must go to Texas to live with her older sister Sarah, who is already a mother. Phemie finds herself in the middle of the U.S. Mexican War and she watches in awe as her sister leads the women pioneers to safety while their men heroically defend their homes. Georgia, back in Georgia :-), is experiencing some very horrific acts on prejudice. She herself is part Native American so her family is in great danger. The girls grow up in this young and troubled nation, and reunite to fight against the prejudice and other social issues.

This film is truly inspirational and has lots of action, so I think guys will enjoy it too! ;-) The cast includes Angelina Jolie and young Rachael Leigh Cook (the grown-up and little Georgias, respectively). You have to watch this movie - it is so well-written and acted, and a guaranteed tearjerker!!!

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Summary: A classic of epic proportions!
Review: To think, I didn't even know this movie existed! If I hadn't been doing a search for movies with Tina Majorino (Corrinna, Corrinna) I would never have discovered it -- and yet here are three of my favorite women stars: Dana Delany, Tina Majorino, and Angelina Jolie, all together in one big beautiful package! And in my favorite genre, too! A family of women building the country together, facing hostile Indians, the question of slavery, the brutality of life in a time of hard work and multiple hardships. Women and children died more often than not, and survival is the key to success in those times. I loved the historic context, and the delicately drawn complexities of the issues, from Indians to slavery to war to suffrage. It's all in there. Why this movie got next to no publicity is beyond me.

What does puzzle me is the fabulous Indian "Tarantula." I don't know who played him. He's not listed on the box, nor in the credits -- none of the "Indians" are. He was magnificent. I would love to know who he was/is.

I would highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in the side of history we don't get enough of: "herstory." And of course, to fans of Angelina Jolie. She's as fabulous in this movie as she is in any of her others, and plays a role quite distinct from what you may be used to. Her character is complex, admirable, and made me think and question everything I thought I knew about Southern women. In fact, she brought a bit of "Gone With the Wind" to the role, without being too obvious about it.

Dana Delaney carries the movie from beginning to end and is as wonderful, believable, powerful and sexy as she is in China Beach. What a great movie! It's long, but not a moment is wasted and I had no trouble staying with it. You won't either.

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Summary: womans point of view
Review: You know the story already, if only from a million predictable Hollywood films. The message is that life is about struggle. But in the case of Ms. Windle's book and this subsequent TV movie, the women of Texas are given a chance to share their point of view. I teach Texas History here in the lone star state, and use clips from the film with my 7th graders. It's hammy and overdone, clubs you with its message, and exaggerates relationships to tell the story of Texas. My 12-year olds love it! (This should be warning for all discriminating movie viewers) I use it to show the woman's point of view in my class, and it's really one of the only films I can utilize in that respect. It's fun to discuss the true story with the kids and then pop in True Women and see how they distort it! The kids think it's a game to find all the inaccuracies. Sam Houston burned down Gonzales, not Santa Anna. San Jacinto was fought at 2pm and lasted 18 minutes, not "all night long" as the movie suggests. There are no hills upon which to watch the battle; if you've ever been to the battlefield in Houston you know it's as flat as a table. In all a fun and foolish film, but if it gets people interested in real Texas History, then so be it. The Indians even speak with that ridiculous laconic English like in the old westerns! Ex: "You brave squaw-child." I'm not kidding! After you watch, read James Haley's "Texas: from Frontier to Spindletop" and get the scoop on our awesome history and our real TRUE WOMEN.