The Handmaid's Tale [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of The Handmaid's Tale [VHS]
Movie Review: Thought-provoking,disturbing.
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie grips you and doesn't let go. Very disturbing.....It is a movie about a society in the future where infertility is the norm and fertility is a prized possession which is used to provide offspring to the members of an elite group of people/government. Women who are fertile are used as "handmaids" or as vessels to provide the offspring....once their babies are born, they are taken from them and given to the elite members of society. Haunting!!Movie Review: Great Story - Fabulous Storyline
Summary: 4 Stars
I heard some friends talking about some other movie that reminded me of something I saw 18 years ago . . . on PBS no less. The "Handmaid's Tale" - it's rather "1984" meets "Code 46." And what better cast could you ask for - Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn (very young looking!) - it's totally bizarre how a failed country or maybe race attempts to turn itself around with ridiculous freedom robbing rules and procedures . . . Hats off to all Bureaucrats! Definately worth a watch.Movie Review: The Handmaid's Tale
Summary: 5 Stars
Margaret Atwood's prophetic novel-- so realistic it's scary. An example of what could happen if the religious right were turned loose with power.Movie Review: The book was better, but not a bad movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I would totally recommend reading the book that this movie is based on. It was a wonderful book and I read it once as a teenager and once again as an adult. The movie captures the book OK, about average for movies based on books. My mother watched it with me and said it was weird but good enough to watch. Movie Review: How do you survive when you do not own yourself?
Summary: 4 Stars
"Pollution has caused sterility in 99% of the women. A war has overturned the government, and fertile women are deprived of their reproductive rights. Owned by the wives of the ruling men, they are forced to become "handmaids". How do you survive when all women are treated as chattel, segregated as a wife or a whore... and you have been classed as the latter?"