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The Handmaid's Tale
Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff
R
1990
1h 48m
Drama
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Science Fiction
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6.0
32%
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Under a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.
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Cast of The Handmaid's Tale
Natasha Richardson
Kate
Faye Dunaway
Serena Joy
Aidan Quinn
Nick
Elizabeth McGovern
Moira
Victoria Tennant
Aunt Lydia
Robert Duvall
Commander
Blanche Baker
Ofglen
Traci Lind
Ofwarren / Janine
Zoey Wilson
Aunt Helena
Kathryn Doby
Aunt Elizabeth
Reiner Schöne
Luke
Lucia Hartpeng
Cora
Karma Ibsen Riley
Aunt Sara
Lucile McIntyre
Rita
Gary Bullock
Officer on Bus
Allison Holmes
June
J. Michael Hunter
Preacher
Robert D. Raiford
Dick
The Handmaid's Tale Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
At the end of the movie we are conscious of large themes and deep thoughts, and of good intentions drifting out of focus.
Film Journal International
Daniel Eagan
Pretentious, self-righteous melodrama about the evils of patriarchy
Common Sense Media
Barbara Shulgasser
Book-based cautionary tale has violence, sex, and language.
Greenwich Village Gazette
Eric Lurio
overblown paranoid crap based on same.
James Sanford on Film
James Sanford
Harold Pinter's adaptation has its powerful moments, but ultimately the narrowing of the novel's scope dilutes the story's message too much.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Uneven yet still gripping
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Offers only fragmented glimpses of a frightening society and never goes much beneath the surface of its sociopolitical trappings.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
The early '90s were also not exactly a robust period in political cinema, and the influence of the Moral Majority - so clearly felt in Atwood's text - wasn't as pronounced in the Bush I White House as it had been in Reagan's. But, sadly, it sure is now.
OutWeek
Monica Dorenkamp
The film is good insofar as it questions and provides no easy answers.
Sojourner
Elizabeth Pincus
For a movie about an encroaching fascist regime of horrific dimensions, The Handmaid's Tale is an oddly serene piece of work.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
This film adaptation of Margaret Atwood's bestselling 1986 novel heralds freedom as a cherished ideal.
Gay Community News (Boston)
Natalie Diffloth
Ultimately feels like a missed opportunity.
El Nuevo Herald (Miami)
Rene Jordan
I do not dare reccomend this, but I don't ever regret having seen it. [Full review in Spanish]
Southern Voice (Atlanta)
Terry Francis
The film raises grave issues without really dealing with them, and the result is a work that's thematically shallow. But it has power.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
The Handmaid's Tale is a tract that strives for sensitivity- it lacks even the courage of its own misanthropy.
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