A feminist anthem gets the performance it deserves in I Am Woman

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Tilda Cobham\u002DHervey’s radiant portrayal carries the day in this inspiring Helen Reddy biopic, says Chris Knight

, just to pick the most recent examples. Reddy had – has! She’s still with us! – talent and ambition to spare, but the film shows her as a remarkably steady human being.

That easygoing momentum also describes the film, which at times feels – to borrow a few more of her song titles – a bit too. Reddy may have penned a rousing anthem for the women’s movement of the 1970s, but she didn’t confine herself to protest songs, and most of her performances make for apolitical easy listening.Article content continued

But Cobham-Hervey’s radiant portrayal of Reddy carries the day, along with Moon’s direction, which flirts with didacticism but never quite falls into the trap of preaching to us; the nearest it comes is whenplays over the scene where Reddy and Wald split up. And it’s nimble storytelling – one scene uses a single song to montage Reddy from barroom gigs through a rise to fame and – wait, is she pregnant in that shot? – a second child.

In the background we see the fight to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, with footage of famous opponent Phyllis Schlafly. In fact, the second time the title song plays in the film, the setting is a 1989 march in Washington, organized by the National Organization for Women, with Reddy coaxed out of semi-retirement by her daughter to perform it. It’s a proud and beautiful moment, and good luck not joining in at home with the chorus.

 

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