Was the story important and well paced? absolutely. it is crazy to think about how the world'd regressing and it was great to see a story of rebellion and compassion. Was the acting groundbreaking? no not really. most performances were very lukewarm, not bad but also not great. worth a watch but not as great as it could have been (I wish they would have shown some information about the actual real people in this movie at the end)

That's a great movie, that came out a few months after the US supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 landmark case that had allowed legal abortion in the US. Seen in this light it does indeed serves as a grim warning for the return of illegal abortion rings and practices that lead to numerous tragedies when women couldn't safely terminate pregnancies. The story itself is seen though the character of a housewife, _Joy Griffin_, played by Elizabeth Banks, [spoiler] who learns that her pregnancy could be fatal, due to a heart defect induced by it. She seeks legal recourse to be allowed to terminate it, due to exceptional circumstances, but is flatly denied by the hospital board, that allows that _the baby_ has a 50% chance of survival, even if the mother does not. She then seeks other means to abort, and after a false start, meets a women ring, that allows her to safely abort. After this she becomes involved with the ring first by helping out, and then by taking other the procedures herself, going on until Roe v Wade happens [/spoiler] It's a story told in a subdued and melancholic way, that nonetheless punches you right in the guts. Elizabeth Banks does a magnificent job acting the evolution of her character, helped by a great cast of secondary actresses, chief among them Sigourney Weaver who play a hard boiled feminist, having fought all the battles of the time. The cinematography by Greta Zozula is very good an₫ the atmosphere of the 60's is very well rendered, tip of the hat there to Jona Tochet for the production design and to Melissa Desrosiers and Julie Weiss for the costumes department (damn some of those 60's outfits were quite gorgeous). 50 years later, unfortunately that battle has to be fought again, and it's a damn shame !

Important topic of the 60s put in a fantastic movie. Great actors with brilliant performance. And with a absolute 60s feeling (Soundtrack, settings etc). Can recommend it.

I truly enjoyed this movie. I am thankful to all the women who worked to change such narrow-minded laws. Unfortunately, this issue has arisen again. Who would think that 50 years in the future, the stupidity of the past would repeat itself? An amazing well well-done movie, great characters portrayed by amazing talent.

Quite inspiring actually. Shined a spotlight on a group of people that I didn't know anything about previously.