I’m Your Woman 2020

      This is an Amazon Prime original from last year starring the actress that plays Mrs. Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan.  It’s the 1970’s & Jean is a thief’s wife.  One day Eddie shows up with an infant and she takes him into her arms with a puzzled expression on her face.  We learn later that Eddie and Jean have been trying to have a child of their own but they haven’t been able to.  Eddie leave Jean with the baby and she names him Harry.  Soon, there is a knock and one of Eddie’s comrades comes to see Jean.  Cal tells her get Harry and they have got to go?  Jean leaves with Cal and he takes her to a suburban home.  

     Cal explicitly tells Jean not to engage with anyone.  After a lengthy time with Jean bored mindless and eating her bad cooking she meets a neighbor women, Evelyn.  She comes to the door with food and they start a friendship.  This doesn’t last very long because the people pursuing Jean and looking for Eddie find her.  Cal steps in and shoots the men.  He takes Jean to a remote cabin and Cal’s wife Teri, her son & Cal’s dad arrive. More information is given about Jean’s situation.

     There is a nail biting car chase near the film’s end but otherwise Jean has nothing to work with in this film?  We have scenes of her caring for the baby or trying to make dinner.  Cal & Eddie’s story seems to be the thread director Julia Hart should have pursued?  A woman, a baby and a wad of cash sends Jean and Cal down the road with more characters added along the way.  There are a LOT of twists and turns.  Despite criticism, I liked this movie.  I especially liked the cars of this time period.  3 1/2*

120 min, Drama directed by Julia Hart, screenwriter Jordan Horowitz, producer Rachel Brosnahan and Jordan Horowitz with Rachel Brosnahan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Arinze Kene, Jameson Charles, Bill Heck, Marceline Hugot, James McMenamin, Haley Flanagan, Daniel Johnson. 

Note:  Imdb 6.2* out of 10* with 7.4K reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 80% with 151 reviews 49% with 250+ audience scores, Metacritic 63 of 100 with 25 critic reviews 6.2 of 10 with 17 user scores, washingtonpost.com 3* Michael O'Sullivan, RollingStone 3* out of 5* Claire Shaffer, Amazon 3.3* out of 5* with 1627 ratings.