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The Handmaid's Tale

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6.2/10 • 241

1990-02-151h 48m

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A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

Directors
Volker Schlöndorff
Editors
David Ray

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  1. Natasha Richardson

    Natasha Richardson

    Kate

  2. Faye Dunaway

    Faye Dunaway

    Serena Joy

  3. Aidan Quinn

    Aidan Quinn

    Nick

  4. Elizabeth McGovern

    Elizabeth McGovern

    Moira

  5. Victoria Tennant

    Victoria Tennant

    Aunt Lydia

  6. Robert Duvall

    Robert Duvall

    Commander

  7. Blanche Baker

    Blanche Baker

    Ofglen

  8. Traci Lind

    Traci Lind

    Ofwarren / Janine

  9. Zoey Wilson

    Zoey Wilson

    Aunt Helena

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 12, 2023

10/10

Now look at this, someone made the Handmaid's Tale into something watchable. You know what the difference between this and the series is? I'll give you a hint it's two things... do you have it yet? Time and story. The TV show has FAR too many episodes, and each is far too long to tell a compelling story. The 1990 HBO version is only about 100 minutes. It's not dragged out to the point where it is filled to overflowing with, well, with filler. It delivers a clean and concise story that didn't spare a cut. And because of that it works. But.... it also has Faye Dunaway, and it has Natasha Richardson, and it has Robert Duvall, and it has Aidan Quinn... and those are all people that everyone would be honored to cast, and they were certainly people that anyone would be thrilled to cast back in 1990. So, what you have is a clean script that is void of unnecessary filler (and in the case of the TV series, free of painfully long unnecessary filler) and that script is acted out by some of the best people in the industry. You can't ask for more.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$13,000,000.00
Revenue
$5,000,000.00
Keywords
rebellionfuturecanadarapebased on novel or bookescapeparanoiadystopiaslaverysexismsurrogate motherfeministreligious fundamentalismmisogynyimpregnationpolitical unresttotalitarianismtheocracy