Review thread for SUFFRAGETTE preview screenings: read the reviews! Non attendees: chance to win £100 NOW CLOSED

[AnnMumsnet]

Ahead of the UK release of the acclaimed new film Suffragette on Monday 12th October, around 30 lucky MNers were able to see a preview of the film. Read on for their reviews.

If you didn't attend, there's a chance to win a £100 John Lewis voucher by sharing on this thread the woman (or women) in history who have most inspired you, and why you find her/ them inspiring.

‘Every daughter should know this history, every son write it on his own heart’ (Meryl Streep)
‘The Best Film of the Year’ (Elle)
‘The Most Important Film of the Year… A Must-See’ (Stylist)

Here's the film's synopsis:
"With an all-star cast including Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst, SUFFRAGETTE tells the remarkable untold true story of the real foot soldiers of the Suffragette movement. These women were not primarily from the genteel educated classes, they were working women who had seen peaceful protest achieve nothing. Radicalised and turning to violence as the only route to change, they were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality - their jobs, their homes, their children and their lives. A story told by women, about women, that everyone should see…Mothers take your daughters, daughters take your mothers, women take your men!"

Watch the trailer below

The film is on general release in Cinemas from Monday 12th October - find out more and book your seats here: www.suffragettemovie.com #suffragette

Attendees: for a chance to win a £200 John Lewis voucher, please give your film review below:

~ What are your general feelings about the film? What's your headline review? Please give your rating from 1 to 5 stars where 5 is brilliant and 1 is poor.

~ Who you attended the screening with (friend/ mother/ husband etc)? What did they think of the film?

~ And in terms of the story and themes in the film - what do the Suffragettes mean to you? Who are the women that have most inspired you (suffragette or not)? How different do you think life is for women in the UK now? How far have we come?

Thanks and good luck with the prize draws.

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Maybe system. But to say "our children are not being taught about this in school" isn't true because here I have a 100% hit rate. I also studied the suffragettes (and I'm very old!) but then again I studied history at uni

Non atendee.

I was inspired by the first female astronauts.Valentina Tereshkova and Sally Ride.

I loved space as a child and having women to look to was inspiring. I was so proud when Helen Sharman became first UK woman.

Fair enough bitoutofpractice i will change it to the four high schools and eleven primaries i have experience of on a work or personal basis did not cover the topic to the best of my knowledge. There you go more factually correct...

Non-attendee
Ada Lovelace, sadly not appreciated enough.

Non-attendee, but plan to see it! I think Florence Nightingale was inspirational. So self sacrificing to leave the comfort of home and live in awful conditions to devote her time to making the wounded more comfortable and increase their chances of survival.

Oooooohhhh kaaaaay!

I was inspired by Anita Roddick who showed me that women could be both activists and entrepreneurs, and created a vision to improve the world a little at a time that everybody could understand and easily support.

Boudicca, Aphra Behn, Margery Kempe and... above all my Mum. Each of them in their own way independent women, to a greater or lesser extent led by their own choices, not expectations placed upon them.

I went to see this movie alone after dropping off the LO and I'm glad I did. Talk about inspiring and making you appreciate what you have today - right to vote, education and be seen as equal to our brothers! I'm very proud of what those women years ago fought for and for those still fighting today such as Malala. On the acting, Carey M and Helena BC were outstanding!

Florence Nightingale

No need to say much else really; I learnt about her in History at school and of the amazing things she did - quite an inspiration.

Non attendee.

Among many courageous, inspirational women during the great wars is Andree Peel, a French woman who initially ran a beauty salon but then started a secret newspaper and circulated it to the allied forces.

She narrowly avoided death by firing squad after her activities were detected.

Non attendee

I would pick Florence Nightingale. Her passion and commitment to treating the injured and providing sanitary conditions changed the way a whole profession was perceived.

Rosalind Franklin. Would have loved to have seen the Nicole Kidman play about her (Photograph 51), but it's all sold out.

Non tester. Mother Teresa, she was very selfless and did so much good.

Marie Curie was an amazing woman, she dedicated her life to science, working in really terrible conditions with her husband, making earth changing discoveries and then eventually paying for it with her life!

Makes my minimal accomplishments pale into nothing. I'm lucky to get to work on time with a general idea of what I'm doing that day!

Thanks for all the reviews.
Am pleased to say the following are the winners
Attendee winner - Bobthebuddha wins a £200 John Lewis voucher
Non attendee winner - FrancesOldhamKelseyRIP wins a £100 John Lewis voucher

Lovely! Congrats to them!